Thích Minh Châu

1918–2012 · Buddhist monk, translator · Đinh Văn clan of Nghi Long

Lay name Đinh Văn Nam, son of the Hoàng giáp Đinh Văn Chấp, the fourth of his eleven children (the 3rd son according to the Wikipedia article “Đinh Văn Chấp”). After studying in Ceylon and in India, he received a doctorate in Buddhist studies; he was the first rector of Vạn Hạnh University, in Saigon, founded in 1964 or 1965 ⚠︎ (D-H37). He made the first complete Vietnamese translation of the five Nikāyas of the Pali canon.