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D. M. (Dawsonne Melanchthon) Strong
1841–1903
A British Indian Army officer turned writer, he brought a soldier’s discipline and a seeker’s curiosity to religion, poetry, and translation. His books move between Persian verse, Buddhist texts, and bold comparisons between Eastern and Western thought.
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The Metaphysic of Christianity and Buddhism: A Symphony
by D. M. (Dawsonne Melanchthon) Strong
About the author
Born in Ross, Herefordshire, in 1841, Dawsonne Melanchthon Strong served in the Bengal Infantry and rose to the rank of Major-General in the Indian Army. Reference works on British Indology describe him as a colonial officer with a serious interest in Buddhism, and by the end of the 1890s he was living in Edinburgh after retirement.
Strong’s writing shows an unusually wide range of interests. He translated from Persian in Selections from the Bostan of Sadi, translated the Buddhist text The Udana from Pali, and wrote The Metaphysic of Christianity and Buddhism: A Symphony, a comparative study that reflects his fascination with the meeting points between major religious traditions.
He died in 1903. Though not widely known today, his work still stands out for the way it joins military experience, literary translation, and a genuine effort to understand the spiritual traditions of South Asia for English-language readers.