Gordon Luce
Gordon H. Luce | |
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Born | Gordon Hannington Luce 20 January 1889 Gloucester, England |
Died | 3 May 1979 | (aged 90)
Nationality | British |
Other names | G.H. Luce |
Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge Dean Close School |
Occupation | Burma scholar |
Spouse | Tee Tee Luce (1915–1979) |
Children | John Luce Sandra Luce |
Gordon Hannington Luce was a colonial scholar in Burma. He was born on 20 January 1889 and died on 3 May 1979. His outstanding library containing books, manuscripts, maps and photographs – The Luce Collection – was acquired by the National Library of Australia in 1980, as part of its major research collections on Asia.
Biography
Luce was the twelfth of thirteen children of the Rev. John James Luce,
In 1912 Luce was appointed Lecturer in English Literature at Government College,
Luce's studies of Burmese culture resulted in articles contributed to the Journal of the
During the Japanese invasion in 1942 Luce and his wife escaped into
The Luce Collection
The Luce manuscripts cover a wide variety of materials. They are stored at the National Library of Australia in 32 boxes and 22 folios. A broad listing is available. Ten boxes contain general correspondence. There are over two thousand books in the Luce Collection. While the main focus is on Burma, the collection contains materials on the history, languages and cultures of Southeast Asia. All titles have been catalogued onto the NLA's Australian National Bibliographic Database.
The Buddhist Digital Resource Center hosts online an additional set of unpublished notebooks and portfolio's of Luce, which include his transcriptions of Burmese inscriptions.[1] The originals are held at SOAS University of London.[2]
Siam Society collection
The Siam Society under Royal Protection[3] in conjunction with the Siamese Heritage Protection Program[4] has made the Journal of the Siam Society (JSS) in PDF format available to all; the collection includes these by Luce, Gordon H.
- JSS Vol. 46.2b (1958) The Early Syam in Burma's History[permanent dead link]
- JSS Vol. 47.1c (1959) The Early Syam in Burma's History Supplement
- JSS Vol. 53.1c (1965) Dvaravati and Old Burma
- JSS Vol. 53.2c (1965) Rice and Religion
References
- ^ "Buddhist Digital Resource Center".
- ^ "G. H. Luce Papers".
- ^ "Siamese Heritage Trust". Siamese Society. The Siam Society Under Royal Patronage. 26 November 2013.
The Siam Society under Royal Patronage was founded in 1904 in cooperation with Thai and foreign scholars to promote knowledge of Thailand and its surrounding region.
- ^ "Siamese Heritage Trust". Siamese Heritage Trust. The Siam Society Under Royal Patronage. 26 November 2013.
The Siamese Heritage Protection Program – To Commemorate the 84th Royal Birthday Anniversary of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Patron of The Siam Society Under Royal Patronage.
Further reading
- Andrew Gosling, "Burma and Beyond: The Luce Collection at the National Library of Australia" at National Library of Australia News, 6 (13), October 1996, pp 3-5.
- School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 43, No. 3 (1980), pp. 581-588.
- Luce, George (1985). Phases of Pre-Pagan Burma (2 volumes). Oxford University Press.