F. L. Woodward, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

F. L. Woodward

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1871

Place of Birth: Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 27-May-1952

Profession: writer, translator

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Frank Lee Woodward (1871–1952) was an English educationist, Pali scholar, author and theosophist.
Woodward studied and researched on Theravada Buddhism and wrote numerous work based on them.
He is admired among the Pali scholars for compiling the vast concordance of Pali canon by translating eighteen of the forty-two volumes of the Pali texts into English.
He also served as the principal of Buddhist school Mahinda College, Galle in Ceylon for 16 years from 1903 to 1919.
Woodward lived his latter stage of life in Rowella, Tasmania, mainly spending his time on studies and translation work.