What is David Snellgrove?
{{Infobox scientist | image = David Snellgrove May 2011.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Snellgrove in London, May 2011 |birth_name = David Llewellyn Snellgrove | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1920|6|29}} | birth_place = [[Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]], [[England]] | death_date ={{death date and age|2016|3|25|1920|6|29|df=y}} | death_place =England, United Kingdom | residence = | citizenship = [[United Kingdom]] | nationality = | ethnicity = | fields = [[Tibetology]] | workplaces = [[School of Oriental and African Studies]] | alma_mater = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = Study of [[Tibet]] | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = {{URL|http://www.dlsnellgrove.com/}} | footnotes = }} '''David Llewellyn Snellgrove''' (29 June 1920{{spaced ndash}}25 March 2016) was a [[British people|British]] [[Tibetology|Tibetologist]]. He was known for his pioneering work on [[Buddhism in Tibet]] as well as his many travelogues. He was born in [[Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]]. In 1950, after having finishing his studies at [[Cambridge]], he was invited to teach a course in elementary Tibetan at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]] [[University of London]].<ref name=soas>{{Cite web | title = Tibetan Studies at SOAS | url = http://www.soas.ac.uk/cia/tibetanstudies/ | access-date = 27 April 2010 | archive-date = 12 June 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100612170526/http://www.soas.ac.uk/cia/tibetanstudies/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> He was Professor of Tibetan at SOAS until his retirement in 1982. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Snellgrove, David}} [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:English historians]] [[Category:Academics of the University of London]] [[Category:Writers from Hampshire]] {{bio-