Richard H. Robinson

PersonType	Category:Authors of English Works Category:Professors Category:Translators
FirstName / namefirst	Richard
LastName / namelast	Robinson
namemiddle	Hugh
MainNamePhon	Richard H. Robinson
bio	Richard Hugh Robinson (21 June 1926 – 6 August 1970) was a scholar of Buddhism and the founder of the first Buddhist studies program in the United States that awarded a dedicated doctorate degree. In the 1950s he informally studied Sanskrit with Edward Conze. (Source Accessed Apr 19, 2022) See the Tricycle article "The Most Important Scholar of Buddhism You've Never Heard Of", by Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar, Summer 2019.
YearBirth	1926
YearDeath	1970
BornIn	Carstairs, a small town about 40 miles north of Calgary, a two-hour drive along the eastern edge of Banff National Park.
affiliation	University of Wisconsin-Madison
phduniversity	School of Oriental and African Studies
IsInGyatsa	No
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Selected Publications

• Robinson, Richard H. Early Mādhyamika in India and China. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1976 (first edition 196?).
• Robinson Richard H., "Some logical aspects of Nagarjuna's system," Philosophy East and West 6 (4): 291-308 (1956).
• Robinson Richard H., "The classical Indian axiomatic," Philosophy East and West 17 (1-4): 139-154 (1967)
• Robinson Richard H., "Did Nagarjuna really refute all philosophical views?," Philosophy East and West 22 (3): 325-331 (1972).