Oliver William Wolters | |
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Born | 8 June 1915 Reading, England |
Died | 5 December 2000 | (aged 85)
Citizenship | British |
Fields | History |
Institutions | Cornell University |
Alma mater | Oxford University (BA, 1937) SOAS (PhD, 1961) |
Doctoral advisor | D.G.E. Hall |
Notable students | Barbara Watson Andaya, Leonard Andaya, Reynaldo Ileto, Charnvit Kasetsiri, Craig Reynolds, M. C. Ricklefs, Shiraishi Takashi |
Influences | George Coedès |
Oliver William Wolters OBE (8 June 1915 – 5 December 2000) was a British academic, historian and author.[1] He was also a Malaysian civil servant administrator. At his death, he was the Goldwin Smith Professor of Southeast Asian History Emeritus at Cornell University.[2]
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In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about O. W. Wolters, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 20+ works in 90+ publications in 4 languages and 2,200+ library holdings.[3]