T.W. Rhys Davids

GPTKB entity

Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_London
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Indian_Empire_(CIE)
gptkbp:birthDate 1843-05-12
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Colchester,_Essex,_England
gptkbp:child gptkb:Arthur_Rhys_Davids
gptkbp:deathDate 1922-12-27
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Chipstead,_Surrey,_England
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Journal_of_the_Pali_Text_Society
gptkb:Pali-English_Dictionary
gptkbp:father gptkb:Thomas_William_Davids
gptkbp:field Buddhist studies
Pali studies
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Thomas_William_Rhys_Davids
gptkbp:hasWorkedWith Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label T.W. Rhys Davids
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Caroline_Augusta_Foley_Rhys_Davids
Buddhist studies in the West
gptkbp:knownFor founding the Pali Text Society
gptkbp:languageStudied gptkb:Pali
gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkb:Sinhalese
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Asiatic_Society
gptkb:Pali_Text_Society
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Louisa_Winter
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Buddhist_India
gptkb:Dialogues_of_the_Buddha
Translations of Pali Canon
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:scholar
Buddhist monk
gptkbp:position gptkb:President_of_the_Royal_Asiatic_Society
President of the Pali Text Society
Professor of Comparative Religion at the University of Manchester
gptkbp:religion Agnostic
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Caroline_Augusta_Foley_Rhys_Davids
gptkbp:studiedIn gptkb:University_College_London
gptkb:Royal_College_Colombo
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies on Buddhist studies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Digha_Nikaya
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6