Prince Prem Purachatra ( th, พระวรวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้าเปรมบุรฉัตร; ; 12 August 1915 – 24 July 1981) was a Thai prince who worked as a diplomat, English instructor, publisher, poet, playwright, and author. He was a son of Prince

Purachatra Jayakara Purachatra Jayakara, Prince of Kamphaengphet ( th, บุรฉัตรไชยากร; ; 23 January 1881 – 14 September 1936) was a Prince of Siam and a member of the Siamese Royal Family (later Thailand). He founded the House of Chatraj ...

and grandson of King

Chulalongkorn Chulalongkorn ( th, จุฬาลงกรณ์, 20 September 1853 – 23 October 1910) was the fifth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, titled Rama V. He was known to the Siamese of his time as ''Phra Phuttha Chao Luang'' (พร� ...

(Rama V). He served as president of the

Siam Society The Siam Society Under Royal Patronage ( th, สยามสมาคมในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์) was established in 1904 with a mission to promote knowledge of the culture, history, arts, and natural sciences of Thai ...

, was a fellow of the Royal Institute, headed the Department of Modern Languages at

Chulalongkorn University Chulalongkorn University (CU, th, จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย, ), nicknamed Chula ( th, จุฬาฯ), is a public and autonomous research university in Bangkok, Thailand. The university was originally fo ...

(now the Language Institute, which is housed in a building bearing his name), and published the weekly English-language magazine ''Standard''. He was married to

Ngarmchit Purachatra Ngarmchit Purachatra na Ayudhya; ; (7 June 1915 – 18 October 1983), née Ngarmchit Sarasas,; also known after her husband as Princess Prem Purachatra, was a Thai princess by marriage and an advocate for charity and for women. She was by marr ...

Ancestors

Academic rank

* 1954

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* 1955

Thammasat University Thammasat University (Abbreviation, Abrv: TU th, มธ.; th, มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์, , ) is a public research university in Thailand with campuses in Tha Phra Chan area of Phra Nakhon District near the ...

http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2498/D/014/327.PDF

References

Thai male Phra Ong Chao Thai writers Thai diplomats Chatrajaya family Academic staff of Chulalongkorn University Fellows of the Royal Society of Thailand 1915 births 1981 deaths Thai male Mom Chao 20th-century Chakri dynasty {{Thailand-bio-stub