Peter Francis Harnetty (born June 6, 1927) is professor emeritus of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia.
His service included The Queen’s Royal Regiment in England (1944–45)[4] and the 4/6 Rajputana Rifles in India (1945–46)[4] He also served in Burma.
[4][2] Harnetty undertook post-doctoral research studies starting in the summer of 1964 at the India Office Library in London and the Manchester Central Reference Library after receiving a research fellowship from the Canada Council.
[7] Harnetty was one of over 500 academics to sign a petition in 2015 in support of Fair Vote Canada.
[4] In fact, "the University inaugurated the teaching of South Asian courses with recruitment of [Harnetty].