Herbert Thirkell White

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Sir Herbert Thirkell White (1855-1931) was the Lieutenant Governor of the British Indian province of Burma (1905-1910) and the author of several books on Burma, the best known of which is the classic, A Civil Servant in Burma (E. Arnold, 1913), which is based on the 32 years (1878-1910) he spent as a civil servant in that province.

Preceded by
Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes
Lieutenant Governor of British Crown Colony of Burma
1905–1910
Succeeded by
Sir Harvey Adamson

[edit] Published works

  • A Civil Servant in Burma. London, E. Arnold (1913)
  • Burma. Cambridge, The University Press (1923)

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