David Seyfort Ruegg
David Seyfort Ruegg | |
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| Born | August 1, 1931 Binghamton, New York, U.S. |
| Died | February 2, 2021 (aged 89) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies |
| Institutions | School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |
| Doctoral students | Jan Westerhoff |
David Seyfort Ruegg (August 1, 1931 – February 2, 2021) was an eminent American-British Buddhologist with a long career, extending from the 1950s to the present. His specialty was Madhyamaka philosophy, a core doctrine of Mahayana Buddhism.