O. W. Wolters Explained

Oliver William Wolters
Birth Date:	8 June 1915
Birth Place:	Reading, England
Citizenship:	British
Fields:	History
Workplaces:	Cornell University
Alma Mater:	University of Oxford (BA, 1937) SOAS (PhD, 1961)
Doctoral Advisor:	D.G.E. Hall
Notable Students:	Barbara Watson Andaya, Leonard Andaya, Reynaldo Ileto, Charnvit Kasetsiri, Anthony Milner, Craig Reynolds, M. C. Ricklefs, Shiraishi Takashi

Oliver William Wolters (8 June 1915 – 5 December 2000) was a British academic, historian and author.^[1] He was also a Malayan civil servant and administrator. At his death, he was the Goldwin Smith Professor of Southeast Asian History Emeritus at Cornell University.^[2]

Selected works

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]

• 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

• Guggenheim Fellowship, 1972
• Association for Asian Studies (AAS), 1990 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies^[4]

References

• "Oliver W. Wolters," SEAP Bulletin (US). Winter/Spring 2002, p. 3
• "Oliver William Wolters, 85, Malay Scholar," 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 PDF

Notes and References

1. Library of Congress (LOC) authority file, Wolters, O. W., ID#134847
2. http://einaudi.cornell.edu/SoutheastAsia/outreach/SEAPbulletin/bulletin_sp02/SEAPBulletinSpring2002.pdf "Oliver W. Wolters,"
3. http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm WorldCat Identities
4. Association for Asian Studies (AAS), 1990 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies; retrieved 2011-06-06