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

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

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

1. "Gordfery Eric Harvey, Author". Retrieved 2024-05-18.
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 "THREE UNPUBLISHED PAPERS BY HARVEY INTRODUCED, EXPLAINED AND COMMENTED UPON by MAUNG HTIN AUNG" (PDF).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.

• British writers
• British historians
• British diplomats
• 20th-century Burmese historians
• Academic staff of the University of Yangon
• Academics of the University of Oxford
• Alumni of the University of Oxford
• 1889 births
• 1962 deaths
• Historians of Southeast Asia
• Burmese studies scholars