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

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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

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Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about O. W. Wolters,

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encompasses roughly 20+ works in 90+ publications in 4 languages and 2,200+ library holdings. * ''The Khmer King at Basan (1371-1373) and the Restoration of the Cambodian Chronology during the 14th and 15th Centuries'' (1965) * ''Early Indonesian Commerce: a Study of the Origins of Srĭvijaya.'' (1962) * ''Some Reflections on the Subject of Ayudhyā and the World'' (1967) * ''Southeast Asian History and Historiography: Essays Presented to D.G.E. Hall'' (1976) * ''History, Culture and Region in Southeast Asian Perspectives'' (1982) * ''The Fall of Śrīvijaya in Malay History'' (1970) *''Culture and Region in Southeast Asian Perspectives'' (1982) * ''Two essays on Đại-Việt in the Fourteenth Century'' (1988) * ''Perdagangan awal Indonesia: satu kajian asal usul kerajaan Srivijaya'' (1989) * ''Early Southeast Asia: Selected Essays'' (2008) * ''Monologue, Dialogue, and Tran Vietnam'' (2009)

Honors

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, 1972 *

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1990 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies
retrieved 2011-06-06

Notes

References

"Oliver W. Wolters,"
''SEAP Bulletin'' (US). Winter/Spring 2002, p. 3

''New York Times'' (US). 16 December 2000

External links

Monologue, Dialogue and Tran Vietnam: A manuscript composed of materials completed by O. W. Wolters before his death
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