Richard H. Robinson

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Robinson, R.

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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
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