Richard Gombrich
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Richard Francis Gombrich (/ˈɡɒmbrɪtʃ/; born 17 July 1937) is a British Indologist and scholar of Sanskrit, Pāli, and Buddhist studies. He was the Boden Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford from 1976 to 2004. He is currently Founder-President of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies. He is a past president of the Pali Text Society (1994–2002) and general editor emeritus of the Clay Sanskrit Library.
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Born | (1937-07-17) 17 July 1937 (age 86) |
Nationality | British |
Spouses | Dorothea Amanda Friedrich
(m. 1964; div. 1984)Sanjukta Gupta (m. 1985) |
Children | 2, including Carl Gombrich |
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Thesis | Contemporary Sinhalese Buddhism in Its Relation to the Pali Canon (1969) |
Doctoral advisor | Robert Charles Zaehner |
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Discipline | Indologist |
Institutions | University of Oxford |
Main interests | Sanskrit, Pali, Buddhism |
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