Frederick William Thomas (philologist)

Frederick William Thomas CIE FBA (21 March 1867 – 6 May 1956), usually cited as F. W. Thomas, was an English Indologist and Tibetologist.

Quotes

 * What gives to the Upanishads their unique quality and unfailing human appeal is an earnest sincerity of tone, as of friends conferring upon matters of deep concern.
 * F. W. Thomas, in The Legacy of India


 * Hinduism is one of the greatest assimilants that the world has known... It is infinitely absorbent like the ocean.
 * Attributed/Quoted in The Discovery of India - By Jawaharlal Nehru p. 90 and The Mutual Influence of Mohammedans and Hindus - by F W Thomas