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Ajahn Sumedho

US Buddhist monk
Person human Q2005455

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
July 27, 1934
Place of birth
Seattle
Country of citizenship
United States, Thailand[8][9]
Occupation
philosopher, Buddhist monk, writer, social worker, military physician, translator[3][4][5][6][7][10]
Position held
abbot
Religion or worldview
Buddhism, Christianity[11][12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English, Thai, Pali[16][17][18]
Birth name
Robert Karr Jackman[19]
Family name
Jackman[14]
Given name
Robert[15]
Name in native language
พระราชสุเมธาจารย์[20]
Religious name
𑀲𑀼𑀫𑁂𑀥[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Luang Por Sumedho en Robert Karr Jackman en Sumedha Bhikkhu en Ajahn Sumedho cs Adžán Sumedho cs Sumedha Bhikkhu cs Robert Karr Jackman cs Sumedho da Robert Karr Jackman da Sumedha Bhikkhu de Sumedha Bhikkhu de Ajahn Sumedho de Robert Karr Jackman es Ajahn Sumedho es Robert Karr Jackman es Sumedha Bhikkhu fa سومدهو، آجان، ۱۹۳۴- م. fi Sumedha Bhikkhu fi Robert Karr Jackman fr Robert Karr Jackman
🔖 Identifiers · 28
ISNI
0000000110284586
VIAF cluster ID
66445959
Library of Congress authority ID
n88202626
GND ID
119346141
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Sumedho Bhikkhu.jpg ↗
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
SumedhoAjahn
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15620885q
DDB person (GND) ID
119346141
Databazeknih.cz author ID
46257
Freebase ID
/m/07jctl
IdRef ID
081816707
IxTheo authority ID
080155103
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Libris-URI
42gjm0cn507nb7s
NL CR AUT ID
jn20000710615
NLAI ID
1691598
NUKAT ID
n2004021733
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007296890405171
National Library of Latvia ID
000315635
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:V*131411;=zW
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810671656305606
National Virtual Library of India ID
689623
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
300491727
Obálky knih ID
jn20000710615
Parsifal cluster ID
338718
SELIBR ID
252650
SVKKL authority ID
p0053035-Sumedho-1934
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJv4grgFRCrx7Hf6D3jwG3
Yale LUX ID
person/612b83f0-2cd6-4e30-95cc-63a2ff8d3ad9

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 4
writer, philosopher, translator, Buddhist monk
Languages spoken, written or signed 3
English, Thai, Pali
Country of citizenship 2
United States, Thailand
Family name 1
Jackman
Given name 1
Robert
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Seattle
Position held 1
abbot
Religion or worldview 1
Buddhism
Sex or gender 1
male
Students 1
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Summary

Ajahn Sumedho's place of birth was Seattle[1]. He was born on July 27, 1934[2]. He worked as a philosopher[3], Buddhist monk[4], writer[5], social worker[6], and military physician[7].

Body

Personal Life

Religious affiliations include Buddhism[11], a religion[22] and Christianity[12], a major religious group[23], founded in 0033[24].

FAQs

Where was Ajahn Sumedho born?

Ajahn Sumedho's place of birth was Seattle[1].

What did Ajahn Sumedho do for work?

Ajahn Sumedho worked as philosopher[3], Buddhist monk[4], writer[5], social worker[6], and military physician[7].

Related Entities

Thailand United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . amaravati.org. Retrieved . amaravati.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . YouTube. wikidata.org.
  13. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . amaravati.org. Retrieved . amaravati.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . amaravati.org. Retrieved . amaravati.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 28d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 14
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fr', 'hu', 'id', 'it', 'nl', 'pl', 'pt', 't
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 16w ago · Openpep · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Name in native language → {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'พระราชสุเมธาจารย์'}
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Name in native language: พระราชสุเมธาจารย์, Add native name (P1559) from Thai label"
  3. 18w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parsifal cluster ID → 338718
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Parsifal cluster ID: 338718, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259855|batch #259855]]"
  4. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Family name → Jackman
    Instance of → —
    Sex or gender → male
    Country of citizenship → United States, Thailand
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: p0053035-Sumedho-1934, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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