Wolters, O. W.

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Name (Latin)
Wolters, O. W.
Other forms of name
Wolters, Oliver William
Date of birth
1915-06-08
Date of death
2000-12-05
Field of activity
Southeast Asia--History
Srivijaya (Kingdom)
Occupation
Historians
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 110109357
Wikidata: Q3347470
Library of congress: n 83134847
OCoLC: oca00966633
Sources of Information
  • His History, culture, and region in Southeast Asian perspectives, 1928:t.p. (O.W. Wolters)
  • LC data base, 10/25/83(hdg.: Wolters, O. W.)
  • RLIN, June 30, 2000(hdg.: Wolters, O. W.; usage: O.W. Wolters, Oliver Wolters)
  • Cornell University. Southeast Asia Program. Directory, 1999/2000(Wolters, Oliver W.)
  • The New York times, Dec. 16, 2000:obituaries (Oliver William Wolters; prof. of Southeast Asian history, Cornell Univ. and specialist on ancient Malay kingdom of Srivijaya; b. June 8, 1915 in Reading, England; d. Dec. 5, 2000 in Ithaca, N.Y.)
Wikipedia description:

Oliver William Wolters (8 June 1915 – 5 December 2000) was a British academic, historian and author. He was a Malayan civil servant and administrator from 1937 to 1957. He lectured at the School of Oriental and African Studies from 1957 to 1963, then taught at Cornell University from 1964 to 1984. At his death, he was the Goldwin Smith Professor of Southeast Asian History Emeritus at Cornell University.

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