CHILDERS, ROBERT CAESAR English oriental scholar, son of the Rev. Charles Childers, English chap lain at Nice, studied Pali during his residence (186o-64) as a civil servant in Ceylon. In 1869 he published the first Pali text ever printed in England, and began to prepare a Pali dictionary (2 vols., 1872-75), which was awarded the Volney prize by the Institute of France. In the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society he published the Maha-parinibbana Sutta, the Pali text giving the account of the last days of Buddha's life. In 1872 he was ap pointed sub-librarian at the India Office, and in 1873 first pro fessor of Pali and Buddhist literature at University college, Lon don. He died in London on July 25, 1876.