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David A. Smyth

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David A. Smyth
Born (1954-01-05) 5 January 1954 (age 69)
NationalityBritish
Academic background
Alma materSchool of Oriental and African Studies (B.A., Ph.D.)
ThesisA Study of the Major Fiction of Kulāp Sāipradit (pseud. 'Sībūraphā') (1988)
Doctoral advisorManas Chitakasem
(มานัส จิตตเกษม)
Academic work
InstitutionsSchool of Oriental and African Studies
Main interests

David A. Smyth (/smð/; born 5 January 1954)[1] is a British scholar notable for his expertise in the field of Thai studies.

Life

Smyth first studied Thai at the School of Oriental and African Studies, as part of an undergraduate degree in South East Asian Studies.[2] One of his tutors there was E. H. S. Simmonds.[3]

He lived in Thailand from the mid 1970s until the early 1980s, teaching English first at Thammasat University and then at Srinakharinwirot University.[2]

He received his Ph.D. from SOAS in 1988. His doctoral dissertation was a study of the literary works of Kulap Saipradit.[3]

For a number of years, he was a lecturer in Thai and Cambodian at SOAS.[4][5]

Publications

Books

  • Smyth, David A., and Manas Chitakasem (1984). Linguaphone Thai Course. London: Linguaphone Institute. ISBN 9780747310051.
  • Smyth, David A. (1995). Teach Yourself Thai. London: Hodder Headline. ISBN 9780340590416.
  • Smyth, David A. (1995). Colloquial Cambodian. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge. ISBN 9780415100069.
  • Smyth, David A., and Tran Kien (1995). Tuttle Practical Cambodian Dictionary. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 9780804819541.
  • Smyth, David A. (2002). Thai: An Essential Grammar. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780415226141. (Second edition published in 2014. ISBN 9780415510349.)
  • Smyth, David A. (2019). Kulap Saipradit ('Sriburapha'): Journalist and Writer in Early 20th Century Siam. Bangkok: White Lotus Press. ISBN 9789748434711.

Papers

Translations

References

  1. ^ "Smyth, David, 1954–". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Successful Thai Language Learner: David Smyth". ExpatDen. 12 August 2009. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b Smyth, David A. (1988). A Study of the Major Fiction of Kulāp Sāipradit (pseud. 'Sībūraphā') (PDF). Unpubished doctoral dissertation. School of Oriental and African Studies. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Dr David A Smyth". SOAS. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014.
  5. ^ "David A. Smyth". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021.
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