Interview with David Snellgrove
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Authors
Turin, Mark
Snellgrove, David
Shneiderman, Sara
Abstract
David Snellgrove speaks of his education, admission into the Colonial Service, his wartime experiences in India, travels to Sikkim, studies in Cambridge with Sir Harold Bailey, move to teach Tibetan language at SOAS and fieldwork in Nepal.
Description
Interviewed by Mark Turin and Sara Shneiderman in Torre Pellice, west of Turin (Torino), in Italy, on 20th September, 2004. Interview was edited and lasts 30 minutes.
Keywords
Himalaya, Nepal, Tibetology, Colonial Service, Queens' College, Cambridge, India, Sikkim, SOAS, Italy