Horace Geoffrey "H.G." Quaritch Wales (1900–1981) was educated at
Charterhouse School
(God having given, I gave)
, established =
, closed =
, type = Public school Independent day and boarding school
, religion = Church of England
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, and
Queens' College, Cambridge
Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the oldest colleges of the university, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. The college spans the River Cam, colloquially referred to as the "light s ...
. He was an adviser to
Rama VI
Vajiravudh ( th, วชิราวุธ, , 1 January 188126 November 1925) was the sixth monarch of Siam under the Chakri dynasty as Rama VI. He ruled from 23 October 1910 until his death in 1925. King Vajiravudh is best known for his efforts ...
and
Rama VII
Prajadhipok ( th, ประชาธิปก, RTGS: ''Prachathipok'', 8 November 1893 – 30 May 1941), also Rama VII, was the seventh monarch of Siam of the Chakri dynasty. His reign was a turbulent time for Siam due to political and ...
of
Siam
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from 1924 to 1928. He is the author of the study ''Siamese State Ceremonies'' (1931) and ''Ancient Siamese Government and Administration'' (1934).
[John Guy (1995). The Dorothy and Horace Quaritch Wales Bequest — A Note. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland (Third Series), 5 , pp 91-92 doi:10.1017/S1356186300013511]
Bibliography
''Siamese State Ceremonies: their history and function''First published in 1931. Republished with explanatory notes 1992. First edition digitized 2005.
*''Towards Angkor in the Footsteps of the Indian Invaders;;lwith a foreword by Sir
Francis Younghusband
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, (31 May 1863 – 31 July 1942) was a British Army officer, explorer, and spiritual writer. He is remembered for his travels in the Far East and Central Asia; especially the 1904 British e ...
... and with forty-two illustrations from photographs and several maps. 1937
*''Years of Blindness''. 1943 ("memoir of his travels through Asia at the end of the British Empire and European Imperialism following World War I".--AbeBooks)
*''Making of Greater India: a study in South-East Asian culture change''. 1951
*''Ancient South-East Asian Warfare''. 1952
*''Prehistory and Religion in South-east Asia''. 1957
*''Angkor and Rome; a historical comparison''. 1965
*''Ancient Siamese Government and Administration''. 1965
*''Indianization of China and of South-east Asia''. 1967
*''Dvāravatī: the earliest kingdom of Siam (6th to 11th century A.D.)'' 1969
*''Early Burma — Old Siam: a comparative commentary''. 1973
*''Making of Greater India''. 1974 ("This study deals with the process of acculturation of Indic cultural values in Southeast Asia. Gives consideration to the problem that, despite the successive Indic influence and other influences, the cultures of Java and Cambodia retained a distinctive character and were never just incongruous admixtures but are usually recognized as Indo-Javanese, Cham, or Khmer."--AbeBooks)
*''Malay Peninsula in Hindu Times''. 1976
*''Universe Around Them: cosmology and cosmic renewal in Indianized South-east Asia''. 1977
*''Divination in Thailand: the hopes and fears of a Southeast Asian people''. 1983
Journal articles
;
Journal of the Siam Society
The ''Journal of the Siam Society'' (JSS) is a scholarly journal published by the Siam Society in Bangkok since 1904.
History
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SS*JSS Vol. 44.2c (1956)
"Origins of Sukhodaya Art"*JSS Vol. 45.1c (1957)
"An Early Buddhist Civilization in Eastern Siam"*JSS Vol. 68.1e (1980)
"Recent DvaravatI discoveries, and some Khmer comparisons"
References
External links
WorldCatAbeBook Descriptions2012-04-15. (Archived by WebCite® at https://www.webcitation.org/66welk5nU)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Quaritch Wales, Horace Geoffrey
1900 births
1981 deaths
Historians of Southeast Asia
People educated at Charterhouse School
Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
20th-century English historians