O’BRIEN, Paul Wilfred. 23.5.1908 — 9.2.2001. S.J. U.S. Missionary and Buddhist Scholar. Catholic Priest. From California, joined S.J. in 1925, ordained priest 1938. First went to China as missionary in 1932, then returned for studies. Ph.D. 1941 University of California, Berkeley. From 1945 Superior of Californian Jesuits in China. In 1953 in Manila. In 1958-60 and 1962-65 teacher at Pontifical College of St. Pius X in Da Lat, Vietnam, 1961 Rector of Baguio City in the Philippines.
Publications: Diss. A Chapter on Reality (Tattva) from the Madhyāntavibhaṅgaçāstra. Manuscript 1941 (translation of ch. 3 of M.), publ. in Monumenta Nipponica 9, 1953, 273-303 & 10, 1954, 227-269.
Sources: Stray notes in Internet.
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