Dear Petra, Dhivan, and Aleix,
Thank you all for your informative responses. I'll be following up on your
leads and links.
Best wishes,
Jim
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From: "Petra Kieffer-Pülz kiepue@... [palistudy]"
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Subject: Re: [palistudy] History of modern Pali and Sanskrit grammars,
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Dear Jim,
eventually Alastair Gornall’s article will be interesting for you:
<https://www.academia.edu/6900258/2015._Fame_and_Philology_R.C._Childers_and_the_Beginnings_of_P%C4%81li_and_Buddhist_Studies_in_Britain_._Contemporary_Buddhism_An_Interdisciplinary_Journal>2015."Fameand Philology: R.C. Childers and the Beginnings of Pāli and BuddhistStudiesin Britain". Contemporary Buddhism: An InterdisciplinaryJournal.<https://www.academia.edu/6900258/2015._Fame_and_Philology_R.C._Childers_and_the_Beginnings_of_P%C4%81li_and_Buddhist_Studies_in_Britain_._Contemporary_Buddhism_An_Interdisciplinary_Journal>"Abstract: This articleinvestigates some of the methods and motivationsthatunderpinned the earliestscholarship in Pāli and Buddhist Studies inBritain, focusing inparticular onthe works of R.C. Childers (1838-1876) and his correspondencewith T.W.RhysDavids (1843-1922). I explore the variety of actors that helped inform,shapeandpublish R.C. Childers’ scholarship, while also taking into accountthereception of hiswork, its political significance, and its role as acommodity."The journal is here:http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcbh20/currentFurthermore, there is thefollowing book which I found interesting withchapters on various of theearly researchers.Guruge, Ananda W.P. (1984). From the Living Foundations ofBuddhism: SriLankanSupport to Pioneering Western Orientalists. Sri Lanka:The Ministry ofCultural Affairs..All the best,Petra