Robert Caesar Childers
Robert Caesar Childers | |
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| Born | 1838 Cantley, South Yorkshire, England |
| Died | (aged 38) |
| Resting place | Highgate Cemetery |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
| Known for | A Dictionary of the Pali Language (1875) |
| Spouse | Anna Mary Henrietta Barton |
| Children | 5, including Erskine Childers |
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| Awards | Prix Volney (1876) |
Robert Caesar Childers (/ˈtʃɪldərz/; 1838 – 25 July 1876) was a British Orientalist and the compiler of the first Pali–English dictionary to be published. He was the father of the Irish nationalist Erskine Childers and the paternal grandfather of the fourth president of Ireland, Erskine Hamilton Childers.