Childers, Robert Cæsar, 1838-1876
Variant names1860-1863 writer in the Ceylon civil service, private secretary to governor of Ceylon; 1863-1864 office assistant to the government agent in Kandy; 1872 appointed sub-librarian at the India Office; 1872-1875 published Pali dictionary; 1873-1876 professor of Pali and Buddhist literature at University College, London
Epithet: orientalist
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x000079
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| creatorOf | Robert Caesar Childers papers., 1860-1876 | British Library | |
| creatorOf | Letters to his parents from Robert Caesar Childers (1838-76), Ceylon Civil Service 1860-64, oriental scholar; sub-librarian, India Office Library 1872-76, Professor of Pali and Buddhist literature, University College London 1873-76., 1861-1863 | British Library |
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Birth 1838
Death 1876-07-25
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