O. W. Wolters

Oliver William Wolters (8 June 1915 – 5 December 2000) was a British academic, historian and author. 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.

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.


 * 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