Richard Gombrich#
| Membership Number: | 756 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 1990 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2008 Founder-President, Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies (OCBS)
- 2003 - 2008 Academic Director of OCBS
- 2006 Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies, SOAS
- 1976 - 2004 Boden Professor of Sanskrit, Oxford University, & Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford
- 1994 - 2002 President & Treasurer, Pali Text Society
- 1981 - 1994 Honorary Secretary & Treasurer
Fields of Scholarship
- History of Buddhism
- Origins of Buddhism in ancient India
- Buddhism in Sri Lanka
- Sanskrit
- Pali language and literature
Honours and Awards
- 1993 S.C. Chakraborty Medal, Asiatic Society, Calcutta
- 1994 Sri Lanka Ranjana (National Award)
- 1996 Hon. D.Ed. De Montfort University
- 1997 University Medal, Warsaw University
- 1997 Vacaspati (= Hon D.Litt.), Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati
