Brian Peter Harvey (born 1951) is a contemporary British scholar of Buddhism.
[1] Peter Harvey received his Ph.D under the supervision of Ninian Smart at Lancaster University.
Harvey is the author of An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices published by Cambridge University Press, whose 1st edition sold over 55,000 copies.
[2] He has also authored a book on anatta, The Selfless Mind: Personality, Consciousness and Nirvana in Early Buddhism,[3][4] and An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics: Foundations, Values and Practices published by the Cambridge University Press.
His papers on Theravada Buddhism have appeared in many peer-reviewed journals, but his contributions to the broader Buddhist studies include an anthology of Theravāda, Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna texts that is being distributed by Mahachulalongkorn Rajavidyalaya University in Thailand.