Book Review: Biographical Dictionary of Mercantile Personalities of Penang

Biographical Dictionary of Merchantile Personalities of Penang (29 November, 2013)
© Timothy Tye using this photo

Biographical Dictionary of Mercantile Personalities of Penang is a compilation of historical merchants in Penang. This is the combined effort of various editors for Think City and MBRAS (Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society). I received a copy of this because I happened to contribute photo to it.

This book came at just the right time, as I was creating my own Penang's Who's Who, to celebrate people who with significant contribution to society. I never thought of this book until it arrived, then I realized how a useful resource this is going to be, as part of my reference material. I expect this book will appear in footnote as one of the references in my bibliography.

Details

Title: Biographical Dictionary of Mercantile Personalities of Penang
Editors: Loh Wei Leng, Badriyah Haji Salleh, Mahani Musa, Wong Yee Tuan and Marcus Langdon
ISBN: 978-967-9948-59-2
Publisher: Think City Sdn Bhd and MBRAS
Year of First Publication: 2013

How to buy it

This book is available from the website of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society right here at only RM40 per copy. Click here to read the synopsis.