Masatoshi Nagatomi
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In 1958, Masatoshi joined the faculty at Harvard as Instructor of Sanskrit. In 1969 he was appointed Harvard's first full-time Professor of Buddhist Studies. With a thirty-eight year tenure, he became affiliated with the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, [[Harvard Divinity School]], and the Center for the Study of World Religions. He was also an active member of the [[American Oriental Society]], the [[American Academy of Religion]], and the [[International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies]]. In 1986, Nagatomi founded the [[Harvard Buddhist Studies Forum]].{{cite news |last1=Carman |first1=John |last2=Eck |first2=Diana |last3=Gimello |first3=Robert |last4=Hardacre |first4=Helen |title=Masatoshi Nagatomi Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Memorial Minute |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2005/02/masatoshi-nagatomi/ |accessdate=2019-05-13 |agency=The Harvard Gazette |date=2005-02-24}} |
In 1958, Masatoshi joined the faculty at Harvard as Instructor of Sanskrit. In 1969 he was appointed Harvard's first full-time Professor of Buddhist Studies. With a thirty-eight year tenure, he became affiliated with the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, [[Harvard Divinity School]], and the Center for the Study of World Religions. He was also an active member of the [[American Oriental Society]], the [[American Academy of Religion]], and the [[International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies]]. In 1986, Nagatomi founded the [[Harvard Buddhist Studies Forum]].{{cite news |last1=Carman |first1=John |last2=Eck |first2=Diana |last3=Gimello |first3=Robert |last4=Hardacre |first4=Helen |title=Masatoshi Nagatomi Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Memorial Minute |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2005/02/masatoshi-nagatomi/ |accessdate=2019-05-13 |agency=The Harvard Gazette |date=2005-02-24}} |
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Although Nagatomi was not a prolific writer, he devoted a great deal of time mentoring a generation of prospective scholars of [[Tibetan Buddhism|Indo-Tibetan Buddhism]] and [[Chinese influence on Japanese culture|Sino-Japanese]] Buddhism. He was instrumental in developing the field of [[Buddhist Studies]], and several contemporary scholars studied under his guidance, such as [[Robert Thurman]], [[Stanley Weinstein]], [[Jeffrey Hopkins]], [[Alexander Berzin]], [[Jan Nattier]], [[Alfred Bloom]], [[Joseph Roccasalvo]], [[Peter N. Gregory]], [[Andrew Olendzki]], [[Duncan Ryūken Williams]], and [[Glenn Wallis]].{{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Duncan Ryuken |title=American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War |date=2019 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=9780674986534 |url=https://archive.org/details/americansutrasto00will |url-access=registration |language=en}} |
Although Nagatomi was not a prolific writer, he devoted a great deal of time mentoring a generation of prospective scholars of [[Tibetan Buddhism|Indo-Tibetan Buddhism]] and [[Chinese influence on Japanese culture|Sino-Japanese]] Buddhism. He was instrumental in developing the field of [[Buddhist Studies]], and several contemporary scholars studied under his guidance, such as [[Robert Thurman]], [[Stanley Weinstein]], [[Jeffrey Hopkins]], [[Alexander Berzin (scholar)|Alexander Berzin]], [[Jan Nattier]], [[Alfred Bloom]], [[Joseph Roccasalvo]], [[Peter N. Gregory]], [[Andrew Olendzki]], [[Duncan Ryūken Williams]], and [[Glenn Wallis]].{{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Duncan Ryuken |title=American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War |date=2019 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=9780674986534 |url=https://archive.org/details/americansutrasto00will |url-access=registration |language=en}} |
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==Later years== |
==Later years== |
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