G.E._Harvey

G.E. Harvey

G.E. Harvey

Burmese historian and professor (1889–1965)

G.E. Harvey (1889 - 1965) was a British diplomat, historian and professor, specializing in Burmese history.[1] Harvey obtained a bachelor of literature degree from University of Oxford in 1922.[1] His undergraduate thesis was published by Longman's in 1925.[1] He is best known for his seminal books on Burmese history, including History of Burma, which was published in 1925 and known for its Burmese chronicle perspective.[2]

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Harvey became a lecturer in Burmese history and law at the University of Oxford from 1936 to 1942.[1] He was president of the Oxford University Anthropological Society in the 1940s.[3] After World War II, he retired in Oxford, and died in 1965.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    Htin Aung (October 1975). "THREE UNPUBLISHED PAPERS BY HARVEY INTRODUCED, EXPLAINED AND COMMENTED UPON by MAUNG HTIN AUNG" (PDF). Journal of the Burma Research Society. LVIII.
  2. [2]
    Tarling, Nicholas (1999). The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-66370-0.
  3. [3]
    Woolf, Daniel R.; Macintyre, Stuart; Feldherr, Andrew; Hardy, Grant; Maiguashca, Juan; Hesketh, Ian; Pók, Attila (2011). The Oxford History of Historical Writing: 1800-1945. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-953309-1.
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