Mahinda College#Frank Lee Woodward

Frank Lee Woodward ( born April 13, 1871 in Saham Toney, Norfolk, England; † May 27, 1952 in Beaconsfield, West Tamar Municipality, Tasmania, Australia ) was an English Buddhist and Theosophist.

Life and work

Woodward was born on 13 April 1871 in Saham Toney, the third son of William Woodward and Elizabeth Mary Ann Lee. The father was a pastor. Initially taught by his father, Woodward then attended Christ's Hospital School in West Sussex. At Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, he studied Classical Studies ( Classics ), completion in 1902 as Master of Arts ( MA). Work as a teacher at several schools in England.

In 1902 he joined the Theosophical Society Adyar and took over in 1903 the post of dean of the Mahinda College, founded in Galle in Sri Lanka by Henry Steel Olcott. Until 1919 he was next employed as a translator of Buddhist texts of the Pali Text Society. 1919 moved to Launceston ( Tasmania ), where he continued his Buddhist studies and Pali texts translated into English.

Works (selection)

  • Francis Bacon and the Cipher story. Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, 1932.
  • Gotama the Buddha. Vasanta Book Depot, Madras, 1924.
  • Pictures of Buddhist Ceylon and other papers. Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, 1914.
  • The Buddhist doctrine of reversible merit. Bile Buddha Dhamma Sangama, Colombo 1911.
Beaconsfield, Tasmania West Tamar Council Theosophy Buddhism Launceston, Tasmania Australian Dictionary of Biography Integrated Authority File
347478
de