Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales

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Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales (mostly HG Quaritch Wales; * 1900 in London , †  1983 ibid) was an English orientalist who primarily dealt with the cultural history of India , Burma and Siam .

Quaritch Wales was the grandson of Bernard Quaritch , a founder of the antiquarian and publishing bookstore of the same name in London who had emigrated from Germany (1847). He made numerous trips to India and Southeast Asia. So he observed u. a. 1930 the swing ceremony ( Sao Ching Cha ) at Wat Suthat , Bangkok and described it in his book Siamese State Ceremonies: their history and function ; he also described the rituals associated with pregnancy and childbirth in Siam, which have largely been lost today.

From 1950 to 1971 Quaritch Wales was on the Board of Directors of Quaritch Publishing.

Publications

  • Siamese State Ceremonies: Their history and function . London: Quaritch, 1931 (dissertation, University of London).
  • The Exploration of Sri Deva : An Ancient Indian City in Indochina . London: India Society, 1937.
  • Towards Angkor in the footsteps of the Indian invaders . London: Harrap, 1937.
  • The Making of Greater India: A study in Southeast Asian culture change . London: Quaritch, 1951.
  • Ancient South-east Asian warfare . London: Quaritch, 1952 (long a standard work).
  • The mountain of God: A study in early religion and kingship . London: Quaritch, 1953.
  • Prehistory and religion in South-east Asia . London: Quaritch, 1957.
  • Angkor and Rome: A historical comparison . London: Quaritch, 1965.
  • The Indianization of China and of South East Asia . London: Quaritch, 1967, ISBN 0-85388-041-7 .
  • Dvaravati : Earliest Kingdom of Siam . London: Quaritch, 1969, ISBN 0-85388-002-6 .
  • Early Burma, Old Siam: A comparative commentary . London: Quaritch, 1973, ISBN 0-85388-086-7 .
  • Universe Around Them: Cosmology and Cosmic Renewal in Indianized South-east Asia ( Probsthain's oriental series. Vol. 30). London: Probsthain, 1977, ISBN 0-853820-06-6 .
  • Divination in Thailand. The Hopes and Fears of a Southeast Asian People . London: Curzon Press, 1981.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ According to a communication from Richard Linenthal, Bernard Quaritch Ltd., on September 10, 2008
  2. ^ HG Quaritch: Theory and ritual connected with pregnancy, birth and infancy. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland . Vol. 63 (1033), 441-451
personal data
SURNAME Quaritch Wales, Horace Geoffrey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH 1983
Place of death London