When was A. K. Warder born and where did he enter the world?
Anthony Kennedy Warder entered the world on the 8th of September 1924 in England.
Questions about A. K. Warder
Short answers, pulled from the story.
What university did A. K. Warder attend to earn his doctorate in 1954?
Warder earned his doctorate from the School of Oriental and African Studies in 1954 with a thesis focused on the evolution of Early Middle Indian Metre supervised by John Brough.
Which institution published A. K. Warders first book Introduction to Pali in 1963?
The Pali Text Society published his first book Introduction to Pali in 1963 which drew heavily from extracts found within the Dīgha Nikāya.
At what universities did A. K. Warder hold professorial positions before retiring in 1990?
A. K. Warder began his professional journey at the University of Edinburgh in 1955 and moved to the University of Toronto in 1963 where he served as Chairman of the Department of East Asian Studies until his retirement in 1990.
When was the eight-volume project on Indian Kāvya literature by A. K. Warder completed?
The massive eight-volume project covering Indian Kāvya literature spanned from 1972 through 2011 and demonstrated his mastery of classical Sanskrit poetry forms over nearly four decades.