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Christmas Humphreys

(1901–1983) Judge

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Christmas Humphreys was a judge, best known for Zen Buddhism.

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Born
February 15, 1901
Died
April 13, 1983
Profession
Judge
Notable works
Zen Buddhism

About Christmas Humphreys

Travers Christmas Humphreys, QC was a British jurist who prosecuted several controversial cases in the 1940s and 1950s, and who later became a judge at the Old Bailey. He also wrote a number of works on Mahayana Buddhism and in his day was the best-known British convert to Buddhism. In 1924 he founded what became the London Buddhist Society, which was to have a seminal influence on the growth of the Buddhist tradition in Britain. His former home in St John's Wood, London, is now a Buddhist temple. He was an enthusiastic proponent of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship.

Biography source: Wikipedia

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