American-born Australian Scholar of the History and Current Affairs of Indonesia, Received his PhD with a Dissertation Entitled "Jogjakarta under Sultan Mangkubumi (1749-1792)" from Cornell University in 1973

: 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. 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. (From: Wikipedia.org.)