Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and educator (born 1862)

Damrong Rajanubhab

Thai prince, historian, and public administrator (1862–1943)

Prince Tisavarakumara, the Prince Damrong Rajanubhab was the founder of the modern Thai educational system as well as the modern provincial administration. He was an autodidact, a (self-taught) historian, and one of the most influential Thai intellectuals of his time.