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SOAS University of London is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London.
SOAS University of London was founded in 1916 to advance British scholarship and administrative knowledge of Asia and Africa. In the early 1920s, key parts of William Marsden’s King’s College manuscript collection were transferred to the newly established School. Among these are three early works on Philippine languages: a Vocabulario by Alonso Méntrida; Arte de la Lengua Tagala, a Tagalog grammar and vocabulary dated circa 1636; and Arte de la lengua Pampanga, a grammar of the Kapampangan language.
