Gordon Luce

Important Figures from Myanmar History Who Studied at Cambridge

No university outside of Myanmar (and probably no university in the world other than Rangoon University) has been as important to Myanmar as Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. Important figures from Myanmar history who studied at Cambridge include: President Dr Ba U, Prime Minister and later Adhipati Dr Ba Maw, Karen National Union (KNU) President Saw Ba U Gyi, Foreign Minister Sao Hkun Hkio, Justice U Chan Htoon, Justice U Myint Thein, Justice U Kyaw Myint, historian and Rangoon...

Myanmar's Great Gentlemen-Scholars

A photograph from the time of Myanmar's great gentlemen-scholars: (from left) Bohmu Ba Shin, U Bo-Kay, Saya Min Thu Wun, and Gordon Luce. (Gordon Luce was expelled in 1964, aged 75, after a lifetime of contributions to this country's teaching and research, together with his wife Daw Tee Tee Luce, a tireless worker for disadvantaged children and sister of U Pe Maung Tin).