About Phan Huy Lê
Lived 1934 – 2018 (aged 84). Phan Huy Lê was a Vietnamese historian.
Phan Huy Lê (; Thạch Châu, Lộc Hà district, Hà Tĩnh province, 23 February 1934 – 23 June 2018) was a Vietnamese historian and professor of history at the Hanoi National University.
He authored of many studies on village society, landholding patterns and peasant revolution in particular, and in Vietnamese history in general.
Phan was director of the Center for Vietnamese and Intercultural Studies at Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
Phan belonged to the school of historians, including also Trần Quốc Vượng distinguishing 'Vietnamese-ness' without relation to Chinese influences.
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historian (1934–2018)
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Phan Huy Lê was born on 23 February 1934 in Thạch Châu.
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Phan Huy Lê died on 23 June 2018 in Hanoi.
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Phan Huy Lê was a historian.
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Phan Huy Lê was Vietnamese.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Phan Huy Lê. https://biography.guide/phan-huy-le/
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