Reginald Le May
Reginald Le May (* 1885 ; † January 22, 1972 ) was a British East Asia expert especially for Thailand and art historians.
Le May served at the British Consulate in Siam, Thailand from 1908 to 1922 and was economic advisor to the Thai government from 1922 to 1933. He then worked at Pembroke College in Cambridge on his major work on Buddhist art in Siam, which was also his dissertation.
He was an honorary member of the Siam Society.
Fonts
- with others: The standard catalog of Thai stamps, 1920
- An Asian Arcady. An account of northern Siam, Cambridge 1926
- Siamese Tales: Old and New, London 1932
- The coinage of Siam, Siam Society 1932, 1961
- An concise history of the Buddhist Art in Siam, Cambridge University Press 1938
- The Culture of South-East Asia, Allen and Unwin 1954
- German edition: Southeast Asia. The heritage of India. Kindler's cultural history 1967
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| SURNAME | Le May, Reginald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1885 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 1972 |