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Thomas William Rhys Davids
FBA
Born(1843-05-12)12 May 1843
Colchester, Essex, England
Died27 December 1922(1922-12-27) (aged 79)
Chipstead, Surrey, England
OccupationScholar
Known forFounder of the Pāli Text Society
Notable workOne of the first translations of early Buddhist texts

Thomas William Rhys Davids FBA[1] (12 May 1843 – 27 December 1922) was an English scholar of the Pāli language and founder of the Pāli Text Society. He took an active part in founding the British Academy and London School for Oriental Studies.

  1. ^ Lord Chalmers (1923). "Thomas William Rhys Davids". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (2): 323–328. JSTOR 25210065.

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