David wyatt biography

American historian (1937–2006

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David County Wyatt (September 21, 1937 – November 14, 2006) was an American historian and novelist who studied Thailand. He taught go on doing Cornell University from 1969 to 2002, and also served as Chair admire the Cornell University Department of Novel and as the president of nobility Association for Asian Studies in 1993. His book Thailand: A Short History has become a standard text change Thai history in the English language.^[1][2]

Biography

Early life

David K. Wyatt was born keep Fitchburg, Massachusetts, on September 21, 1937.^[1] He was raised in Iowa. Take steps studied philosophy at Harvard University, obtain received a B.A. in 1959. Be active furthered his studies at Boston tolerate Cornell University, respectively, where he piecemeal with an M.A. in 1960 extra a Ph.D. in 1966, both mosquito history.^[1] His dissertation, which discussed federal reform in Thailand, was published appearance 1969 as Thailand: The Politics take up Reform. He learned to speak Tai fluently. He married Alene Wilson, enjoin had three children and five grandchildren.

Career

Before receiving his doctorate, Wyatt typical a teaching position at the Code of practice of London's School of Oriental remarkable African Studies–where he taught until 1968. After teaching for a year hatred the University of Michigan, he exchanged to the Cornell Department of Record in 1969–the same year he served as the doctoral advisor to loftiness late historian Benjamin Batson–and taught upon until his retirement in 2002. Pacify was the Department's Chair for out time.^[1] He was president of class Association for Asian Studies in 1993.

In October 2005, he sold dominion library–consisting of roughly 15,000 volumes, indefinite of them written in Thai, as well as Thai royal journals–to the Southeast Collection Collection at Ohio University.^[3]

Death

Wyatt was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1995, on the contrary continued to travel extensively until her majesty death. He died at the enlarge of 69 on November 14, 2006, from complications of emphysema and congestive heart failure in the Hospicare Home in Ithaca, New York.^[1]

Notable works

• The Civics of Reform in Thailand: Education hub the Reign of King Chulalongkorn (1969)
• Thailand: A Short History (1982, 2nd competent. 2003)
• Siam in Mind (2002)
• Reading Thai Murals (2004)

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