Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas was Vice-President of Royal Asiatic Society, and the first Keeper of the British Museum's new Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts when it was created in 1892. Robert Kennaway Douglas was born at Larkbeare House, Tallaton, Devon, the fourth son of the Rev. Philip W. Douglas, who was appointed to the Chapel of Ease at Escot, Ottery St.Mary, Devon, by the late Sir John Kennawny, Bart., and his grand-father was Dr. Philip Douglas, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, and for the 1911 Encyclop�dia Britannica. 

August 23rd, 1838 in   /  Died:   Dec 23rd, 2015 - aged 103