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Charles Hallisey
Charles Hallisey is the Yehan Numata Senior Lecturer on Buddhist Literatures at Harvard Divinity School and an authority on Sinhala literature and Theravada Buddhism. Biography Hallisey obtained his AB from Colgate University, M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School and later a MA from the University of Pennsylvania. Subsequently, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. From 1996 to 2001 he was John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities in the Committee on the Study of Religion and the Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies at Harvard University. Later in 2001 he joined the University of Wisconsin A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which ... as Associate Professor in the Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia and the Religious Studies Program. He j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yehan Numata
was a Japanese industrialist and Buddhist missionary. Early life Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Numata was the third son of a priest of the Jodo Shinshu sect of Buddhism. He studied at Kyoto Heian Junior High School (today Heian High School) and was ordained a priest and sent to the United States as a missionary. He studied mathematics at Hollywood High School and obtained a degree in economics from the University of California, Berkeley. During his time in the United States, he established ''Pacific World'', a publication dedicated to propagating Buddhist teachings and furthering understanding between the United States and Japan. Despite financial assistance from Nishi Honganji and Shibusawa Eiichi, the publication ran out of funds and closed after four years. Business career He returned to Japan at the age of 33 and was employed as a statistician by the Japanese government. In 1936 he left his government job to found a company, Mitutoyo, which was the first Japanese company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |