G.E. Harvey

G.E. Harvey
G.E. Harvey
Born	Godfery Eric Harvey; 16 April 1889; Clapham, London, United Kingdom
Died	29 August 1962 (aged 73); United Kingdom
Occupation	Historian
Spouse	Stella Hope Garratt
Children	Charles Nigel Harvey ; Daphne Harvey
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Academic work
Discipline	Southeast Asian History
Sub-discipline	Burmese history

G.E. Harvey (16 April 1889 – 29 August 1962) was a British diplomat, historian and professor, specializing in Burmese history.^[2] Harvey obtained a bachelor of literature degree from University of Oxford in 1922.^[2] His undergraduate thesis was published by Longman's in 1925.^[2] 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.^[3]

Harvey became a lecturer in Burmese history and law at the University of Oxford from 1936 to 1942.^[2] He was president of the Oxford University Anthropological Society in the 1940s.^[4] After World War II, he retired in Oxford.^[2]

Publications

"The Writing of Burmese History" in Journal of the Burma Research Society
Outline of Burmese History (1924)
History of Burma (1925)
British Rule in Burma, 1824–1942 (1946)

References

^ "Gordfery Eric Harvey, Author". Retrieved 2024-05-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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 "THREE UNPUBLISHED PAPERS BY HARVEY INTRODUCED, EXPLAINED AND COMMENTED UPON by MAUNG HTIN AUNG" (PDF).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.
^ Tarling, Nicholas (1999). The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-66370-0.
^ 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.

[1] "Gordfery Eric Harvey, Author". Retrieved 2024-05-18.

[:0-2] 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 "THREE UNPUBLISHED PAPERS BY HARVEY INTRODUCED, EXPLAINED AND COMMENTED UPON by MAUNG HTIN AUNG" (PDF).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.

[3] Tarling, Nicholas (1999). The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-66370-0.

[4] 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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