Travers Christmas Humphreys, QC (15 February 1901 – 13 April 1983) was a British barrister who prosecuted several controversial cases in the 1940s and 1950s, and later became a judge at the Old Bailey. He was an enthusiastic Shakespeare scholar and proponent of the Oxfordian theory. Author of numerous works on Mahayana Buddhism, he was in his day the most noted British convert to Buddhism. In 1924 he founded what became the London Buddhist Society, which was to have a seminal influence on the growth of the Buddhist tradition in Britain. His former home in St John's Wood, London, is now a Buddhist temple.
British barrister (1901–1983)
| Born | 1901 |
| Died | 1983 |
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British barrister (1901–1983)
| Born | 1901 |
| Died | 1983 |
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Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Buddha and Buddhism, Bouddhisme, History, Sacred books, Buddha (The concept), Religious life, Theosophy, Bouddhisme zen, Criminals, Dictionaries, Doctrines, Meditation, Quotations, Biography, Boeddhisme, Buddhismus, Crime, Crime and criminals, Essence, genius, nature, Karma, Reincarnation, Religious life (Zen Buddhism), Spiritual lifePeople
Christmas Humphreys (1901-1983), H. P. Blavatsky (1831-1891), Joseph Grizard (1867-1923), Max MayerTime
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- OLID: OL392527A
- ISNI: 0000000109340245
- Library of Congress Names: n79066594
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): TO0V001417
- VIAF: 110002831
- Wikidata: Q741873
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q741873
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- Travers Christmas Humphreys
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