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Gordon H. Luce
Born
Gordon Hannington Luce

(1889-01-20)20 January 1889
Gloucester, England
Died3 May 1979(1979-05-03) (aged 90)
Jersey
NationalityBritish
Other namesG.H. Luce
Alma materEmmanuel College, Cambridge
Dean Close School
OccupationBurma scholar
Spouse
Tee Tee Luce
(m. 1915)
ChildrenJohn Luce
Sandra Luce
From left to right: Bohmu Ba Shin, U Bo Kay, Min Thu Wun, and Gordon H. Luce

Gordon Hannington Luce (20 January 1889 – 3 May 1979) was a colonial scholar in Burma. 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.

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to Burma Province in 1901. Several noted Burmese scholars, including Gordon Luce and Pe Maung Tin, published for the agency. The functions of the agency...

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founded in 78 CE, based on the Sanskrit / Pyu Era. D. G. E. Hall and Gordon Luce, however, claim that civilisation of the Irrawaddy Valley could not have...

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edition of Burma’s Lost Kingdoms: Splendours of Arakan, and a biography of Gordon Luce, a British scholar of Burmese history. Burma’s Lost Kingdoms: Splendours...

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brother was still alive. Most of the dates below are by Than Tun and Gordon Luce who had checked the chronicle reported dates with inscriptions. Myinsaing...

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Halley (1967–69) Dennis Carpenter (1969–71) Putnam Livermore (1971–73) Gordon Luce (1973–75) Paul Haerle (1975–77) Michael B. Montgomery (1977–79) Truman...

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alive at the time of inscription. (Htin Aung 1970: 41): According to Gordon Luce, a "less reliable Early Ava inscription" says Kyansittha's successor...

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also Vice-President of the Royal Anthropological Society. In the 1950s Gordon Luce revealed plans to "complete and publish Blagden’s long-planned grammar...

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founded in 78 CE, based on the Sanskrit / Pyu Era. D. G. E. Hall and Gordon Luce, however, claim that civilisation of the Irrawaddy Valley could not have...

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Indonesian etymological project; Russell Jones, General Editor) Sino-Tibetan Gordon Luce papers Northeast Indian Linguistics Society archives Tai and Tibeto-Burman...

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dynasty, becoming a dominant group in the Tagaung Kingdom. Scholars like Gordon Luce posit that the Pyu people were converted to Buddhism by the Sak-Kadu...

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(1897–1985), literary critic and academic. Sir John Leonard (1926–2002), judge Gordon Luce (1889–1979), scholar and member of the Cambridge Apostles. Samer Majali...

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rushed in, they all committed suicide. According to a theory proposed by Gordon Luce, Narathu may have been killed by the assassins from Kingdom of Polonnaruwa...

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Daingnet people

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Bazar to flee Burma-Rakhine conflict. According to Burmese historian Gordon Luce, the Saks (i.e. ancestors of the Daingnets) attained higher cultural...

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He was close friends with professors J S Furnivall of the BRS and Gordon H Luce, who married his sister Tee Tee in 1915. He contributed to various language...

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award for "Weight Loss Surgery." Gras, Watanabe, Joe Brueggeman and Gordon Luce were honored with a merit award for "Miracle Coach" and an excellence...

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