Prem Purachatra Explained

Prem Purachatra
Spouse:Ngarmchit Purachatra
Issue:Thirachatra Purachatra (adopted)
Father:Purachatra Jayakara, Prince of Kamphaengphet
Mother:Princess Prabhavasit Narimol
Birth Date:12 August 1915
Birth Place:Bangkok, Siam
Death Place:Bangkok, Thailand

Prince Prem Purachatra (Thai: พระวรวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้าเปรมบุรฉัตร; ; 12 August 1915 – 24 July 1981) was a Thai prince who worked as a diplomat, English instructor, publisher, poet, playwright, and author. He was a son of Prince Purachatra Jayakara and grandson of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). He served as president of the Siam Society, was a fellow of the Royal Institute, headed the Department of Modern Languages at Chulalongkorn University (now the Language Institute, which is housed in a building bearing his name), and published the weekly English-language magazine Standard. He was married to Ngarmchit Purachatra.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Grossman . Nicholas . Chronicle of Thailand : headline news since 1946 . 2009 . Editions Didier Millet . Singapore . 9789814217125 . 241 . In memoriam: Renaissance Prince Prem Purachatra.
  2. Web site: Benjamin . New Books: Thailand and Poetry . Thammasat University Library Knowledge Management . Thammasat University Library . 7 July 2018 . 17 August 2017.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930182539/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2497/D/079/2664.PDF
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20180807001551/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2498/D/014/327.PDF