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Richard Fleming St Andrew St John (1839–1919) of Ealing was an English orientalist.

St John's works include readers and guides to the Burmese language,[1] and papers and correspondence in journals of folklore and 'Asiatic studies'. Manuscripts and letters of William Stukeley were held in his library.[2]

He was the Honorary Secretary of the English Badminton Association in 1899.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Catalogue record: St John, R. F. St A. (Richard Fleming St Andrew) (1839-1919)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  2. ^ Wroth, Warwick William (1898). "Stukeley, William" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 55. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  3. ^ "Badminton Association Open Tournament". Field. 8 April 1899. Retrieved 20 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.