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M. C. Ricklefs

Merle Calvin Ricklefs
Born(1943-07-17)July 17, 1943
Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States
DiedDecember 29, 2019(2019-12-29) (aged 76)
Melbourne, Australia
OccupationHistorian
Awards
  • Member of the Order of Australia
  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
  • Centenary Medal
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisJogjakarta under Sultan Mangkubumi (1749-1792) (1973)
Doctoral advisorO. W. Wolters
Academic work
Institutions
Main interestsIndonesian history
Notable worksA History of Modern Indonesia, ca. 1300 to the Present

Merle Calvin Ricklefs AM FAHA (17 July 1943 – 29 December 2019) was an American-born Australian scholar of the history and current affairs of Indonesia.[1][2]

Ricklefs was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on 17 July 1943[3] and died on 29 December 2019, aged 76.[4]

Ricklefs received his Ph.D. with his dissertation titled "Jogjakarta under Sultan Mangkubumi (1749-1792)" from Cornell University in 1973, under the supervision of O. W. Wolters.[1][5][6] He held positions at the School of Oriental and African Studies, All Souls College, Monash University, the Australian National University and the University of Melbourne. He retired from the professorship of Southeast Asian history at the National University of Singapore.[7] He was emeritus professor of history at both the Australian National University and Monash University.

  1. ^ a b Anthony Reid, 'Merle Calvin Ricklefs, AM July 17, 1943 - December 29, 2019', Emeritus (The Australian National University Emeritus Faculty e-magazine), 11 (8), September 2020.
  2. ^ "Southeast Asian Collection". Archived from the original on 27 February 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2007. Southeast Asian Collection held at University of Cambridge Cambridge University Library
  3. ^ "M. C. Ricklefs Date of Birth: Fort Dodge, Iowa, July 17, 1943 - Google Search". Google.com.
  4. ^ 'Vale Emeritus Professor Merle Ricklefs AM', Monash University website, 9 January 2020. See also "Berpulangnya Utusan VOC ke Mataram Moderen: MC Ricklefs". Republika Online. 29 December 2019.
  5. ^ van Bruinessen, Martin (2020). "In Memoriam Merle Calvin Ricklefs: (17 July 1943–29 December 2019)". Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. 176 (4): 459–468. doi:10.1163/22134379-17604017. ISSN 0006-2294. JSTOR 26944933. S2CID 228895842.
  6. ^ "Jogjakarta under Sultan Mangkubumi, 1749-1792 - Cornell University Library Catalog". newcatalog.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Department of History, NUS". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

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