Caroline Rhys Davids
British academic (1857-1942) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 84
Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys Davids (1857-1942) was a British writer and translator. She worked first in economics before becoming widely known as an editor, translator, and interpreter of Buddhist texts in the Pāli language.
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She was honorary secretary of the Pali Text Society from 1907, and its president from 1923 to 1942.
