Richard Gombrich

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Buddhist studies scholar Indologist human university teacher

Richard Gombrich is a prominent British scholar of Buddhism and Indology, known for his influential research on Theravāda Buddhism and his long academic career at the University of Oxford.

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instanceOf	Buddhist studies scholar ⓘ Indologist ⓘ human ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
alive	true ⓘ
awardReceived	Honorary Doctorate from the University of Lausanne ⓘ Honorary Doctorate from the University of Peradeniya ⓘ
coAuthorWith	Gananath Obeyesekere NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1937-07-17 ⓘ
educatedAt	Harvard University ⓘ Magdalen College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ St Paul’s School, London NERFINISHED ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
employer	Balliol College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ
familyName	Gombrich NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Buddhist studies ⓘ Indology NERFINISHED ⓘ Pali studies ⓘ Theravada Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
founded	Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Richard ⓘ
hasTaughtAt	University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	fieldwork on Buddhism in Sri Lanka ⓘ historical and philological study of Theravada Buddhism ⓘ interpretation of early Buddhist texts ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Richard Francis Gombrich NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableWork	Buddhism Transformed: Religious Change in Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Buddhist Precept and Practice NERFINISHED ⓘ How Buddhism Began: The Conditioned Genesis of the Early Teachings NERFINISHED ⓘ Precept and Practice: Traditional Buddhism in the Rural Highlands of Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ Theravāda Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentOf	Dan Gombrich NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
positionHeld	Boden Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford ⓘ Founder and Academic Director of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies ⓘ
relative	Ernst Gombrich NERFINISHED ⓘ
researchFocus	Pali canon NERFINISHED ⓘ early Buddhism ⓘ social history of Theravada Buddhism ⓘ

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Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at the University of Oxford → notableHolder → Richard Gombrich ⓘ

Buddhist modernism → studiedBy → Richard Gombrich ⓘ