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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Label	Occurrences
Richard Gombrich canonical	2

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Target entity: Richard Gombrich
Context triple: [Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at the University of Oxford, notableHolder, Richard Gombrich]

A. Aby Warburg
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B. Heinrich Wölfflin
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C. Martin Kemp
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D. Leo Steinberg
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E. Herbert Read
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F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Richard Gombrich
Target entity description: 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.

A. Aby Warburg
Aby Warburg was a pioneering German art historian and cultural theorist known for his influential studies on Renaissance art, symbolism, and the afterlife of classical antiquity in Western visual culture.
B. Heinrich Wölfflin
Heinrich Wölfflin was a pioneering Swiss art historian whose formalist approach and influential works, such as "Principles of Art History," fundamentally shaped the study and analysis of Renaissance and Baroque art.
C. Martin Kemp
Martin Kemp is an English musician and actor best known as the bassist of the new wave band Spandau Ballet and for his role as Steve Owen in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
D. Leo Steinberg
Leo Steinberg was a prominent 20th-century art historian and critic known for his influential writings on Renaissance and modern art, including groundbreaking studies of Michelangelo and Picasso.
E. Herbert Read
Herbert Read was a British art historian, poet, and anarchist known for his influential writings on modern art and aesthetics.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
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 ⓘ

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