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{{Style S-Small capitals|'''Hardy, Robert Spence'''}}. English Wesleyan missionary and Buddhist scholar, b. at Preston, Lancashire, July 1, 1803; d. at Headingly, {{Page aside|418}}Yorkshire, April 16, 1868. He was admitted to the British Conference, 1825, and subsequently appointed missionary to Ceylon. After a faithful service of twenty-three years, he returned to England and served on several important circuits. He was a man of wide culture and the author of several authoritative works on Buddhism in Ceylon and on Pali literature, such as: Eastern Monachism. London: Partridge & Oakey, 1850; ''A Manual of Buddhism'', etc., ''ibid''., 1853; ''The Legends and Theories of the Buddhists'', etc. London: Williams and Norgate, 1866; 2nd ed., 1881. | |||
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Latest revision as of 01:22, 13 October 2026
Zirkoff, Boris
Hardy, Robert Spence (1803-68). *A Manual of Buddhism, in its Modern Development, London, 1853; 2nd ed., 1880. See Vol. X of the present Series for biogr. data.
Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 11, p. 578
Hardy, Robert Spence. English Wesleyan missionary and Buddhist scholar, b. at Preston, Lancashire, July 1, 1803; d. at Headingly, 418 Yorkshire, April 16, 1868. He was admitted to the British Conference, 1825, and subsequently appointed missionary to Ceylon. After a faithful service of twenty-three years, he returned to England and served on several important circuits. He was a man of wide culture and the author of several authoritative works on Buddhism in Ceylon and on Pali literature, such as: Eastern Monachism. London: Partridge & Oakey, 1850; A Manual of Buddhism, etc., ibid., 1853; The Legends and Theories of the Buddhists, etc. London: Williams and Norgate, 1866; 2nd ed., 1881.
Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 10, pp. 417-418