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He had a Chinese National Government grant to study Tang dynasty Buddhism, and taught English at Shi Fan University. [11] Seeing that a Communist takeover was imminent, Blofeld fled Beijing with his pregnant wife. [12] He then taught English in Hong Kong (1949–1951) and Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok (1951–1961). [13]
The Neilson Hays library was named after Jennie Neilson Hays, a Danish-American missionary who came to Bangkok in the late 19th century. She was married to a medical doctor, Thomas Hayward Hays, who was also a missionary. Jennie joined the Bangkok Library Association in 1895 and was its president three times in 25 years, until her death in 1920.
Through his reforms of the Buddhist Sangha, King Rama I (1782–1809), accelerated the development of public education and during the reign of King Rama IV (1851–1865) the printing press arrived in Thailand making books available in the Thai language for the first time; English had become the lingua franca of the Far East, and the education ...
In the 2005 academic year (the last where national rankings were publicly announced), Triam Udom Suksa had the highest mathayom 6 O-NET (Ordinary National Educational Test) average scores in the subject areas of Thai language, social studies and English language, while ranking second after Mahidol Wittayanusorn in mathematics, science and the ...
Stamford International University opened a second campus in Bangkok on 27 November 2008 for international programmes (taught in English). This campus is close to the airport link road. [9] Prior to the launch of this city campus, Stamford used to hold classes for master's degree courses at a study center in central Bangkok on Sukhumvit Road. [10]
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In 1918, after the First World War ended, the demand for schools and education in Bangkok sharply increased. At that time, the Brothers of Saint Gabriel had established only one school in Bangkok, Assumption College. As a response to increasing demand, Brother Martin de Tours proposed opening a new school in Bangkok.
Assumption Convent School was originally written in French as "Couvent de l'Assomption". Later, it was changed to English as Assumption Convent. The Assumption is the abbreviation of Assumptio Beatae Virginis Mariae. This supposedly honours the Virgin Mary's body and soul in heaven. And couvent means the place where the sisters live together.