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Eugene Watson Burlingame
1876–1932
A careful American scholar of Pāli literature, he helped bring Buddhist stories and legends into English for a wider audience. His translations are still remembered for opening a door into early Buddhist writing.
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The grateful elephant : And other stories translated from the Pāli
by Eugene Watson Burlingame
About the author
Born in Albany, New York, in 1876, Eugene Watson Burlingame was an American Indologist and Pāli scholar. He studied at Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, later continuing work in Sanskrit at Harvard and Johns Hopkins. He also taught and lectured in the field, including work connected with Yale.
Burlingame is best known for translating Buddhist texts into English. His major works include Buddhist Legends and Buddhist Parables, books that introduced many readers to stories preserved in the Pāli tradition. He was also recognized by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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