Bidyalongkorn Explained
| Rajani Chamcharas |
| Prince Bidyalongkorn |
| Birth Date: | 10 January 1876 |
| Birth Place: | Bangkok, Siam |
| Death Place: | Bangkok, Thailand |
| House: | (Chakri dynasty) |
| Father: | Wichaichan |
| Mother: | Lady Liam-lek |
| Signature: | Signature of Phittayalongkon.svg |
Prince Rajani Chamcharas, the Prince Bidyalongkorn (Thai: รัชนีแจ่มจรัส; ; 10 January 1876 – 23 July 1945) The complete title is His Royal Highness Prince Rajani Chamcharas. He was a prince of Thailand. He was a member of the Thai royal family, the 22nd child of Prince Wichaichan the viceroy of siam in Rama v and the second of Khun Chom Manda Liam, He is a grandson of King Pinklao The second king of Siam in Rama iv and Viceroy of Siam and He is a great-grandson of King Rama II. His many descendants use the Royal surname Rajani (Thai: รัชนี;).
He was born in the Front Palace, Bangkok, and from 1886 to 1891 attended the recently-founded Suankularb Wittayalai School. From 1896 to 1933 he served in a variety of governmental offices and royal advisory roles, including the Ministry of Finance, the Royal Mint, the Department of Inspection, the Department of Records, the Privy Council, the Department of Statistics and Prediction, the Department of Commerce, and the Royal Academy.
The Historical Dictionary of Thailand notes:
Tai linguist William J. Gedney called him "probably Thailand's most gifted man of letters of the twentieth century". James N. Mosel, discussing Thai poetry of the early and mid 20th century, notes that:
King Rama VI (Vajiravudh), himself an accomplished author and translator, formed a literary club to promote good writing in Thailand. Bidyalongkorn, a member of the club, formulated a series of rules encouraging correct and concise language, as well as strict observance of classic Thai verse structures. An innovator as well as a traditionalist, he was an influential adopter of novel meters of the chan verse type which, before 1913, had remained unchanged for centuries.
Honours
National honours
- Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao (1916)
- Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant (1913)
- Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand (1912)
- Chakrabarti Mala Medal (1920)
- Saradul Mala Medal (1925)
- King Rama VI Royal Cypher Medal, 2nd Class (1914)
- King Rama VII Royal Cypher Medal, 3rd Class (1926)
- Rachada Bhisek Medal (1893)
- Prabas Mala Medal (1897)
- Rajini Medal (1897)
- Dvidha Bhisek Medal (1903)
- Rajamangala Medal (1907)
- Rajamangala Bhisek Medal (1908)
- King Rama VI Coronation Medal (1911)
- King Rama VII Coronation Medal (1925)
- Commemorative Medal on the Occasion of the 150th Years of Rattanakosin Celebration (1932)
Foreign honours
Selected works
- Vetala Tales (Thai: นิทานเวตาล;) (1918) — a Thai version of the Baital Pachisi, based chiefly on Richard Francis Burton's retelling
- 0 . Bidyalongkorn . Bidyalongkorn . The Pastime of Rhyme-Making and Singing in Rural Siam . . October 1926 . 20 . 2 . 101–127 . 0304-226X .
- 0 . Bidyalongkorn . Bidyalongkorn . The Buddha's Footprints . . 1935 . 28 . 1 . 1–14 . 0304-226X .
- 0 . Bidyalongkorn . Bidyalongkorn . Sebhā Recitation and the Story of Khun Chāng Khun Phan . . March 1941 . 33 . 1 . 1–22 . 0304-226X .
- Book: Bidyalongkorn . 0 . Bidyalongkorn . Three Capitals (Thai: สามกรุง|italic=no;) . 1952 . Chaiyarit . Bangkok . 31593320.
- Book: Bidyalongkorn . 0 . Bidyalongkorn . Essays on Thai Poetry . 1981 . Office of the National Culture Commission . Bangkok . 8718363.
Notes and references
References
- Book: Fry . Gerald W. . Nieminen . Gayla S. . Smith . Harold E. . Historical Dictionary of Thailand . 2013 . Scarecrow Press . Plymouth, UK . 978-0-8108-7525-8 . 62 . 3rd .
- Book: Gedney, William J. . Bickner . Robert J. . Hartmann . John . Hudak . Thomas John . Patcharin Peyasantiwong . William J. Gedney . Siamese Verse Forms in Historical Perspective . Selected Papers on Comparative Tai Studies . 1989 . University of Michigan . 489–544 . Michigan Papers on South and Southeast Asia No 29 . 9780891480389.
- Book: Hudak, Thomas J. . The Indigenization of Pali Meters in Thai Poetry . 1990 . Ohio University Center for International Studies . Athens, Ohio . Monographs in International Studies: Southeast Asia Series, #87 . 0-89680-159-4.
- Book: Mosel, James N. . Trends and Structure in Contemporary Thai Poetry: With Translations and Bibliography . 1961 . Southeast Asia Program, Dept. of Far Eastern Studies, Cornell University . Ithaca, NY . 3177676.
- Wibha Senanan . 1973 . The Genesis and Early Development of the Novel in Thailand . Ph.D. . School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London . 1079331426 . 2023-11-13.
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