Douglas Ainslie

Douglas Ainslie (1865 – 27 March 1948), was a Scottish poet, translator, critic and diplomat. He was born in Paris, France, and educated at Eton College and at Balliol and Exeter Colleges, Oxford. A contributor to the Yellow Book, he met and befriended Oscar Wilde at age twenty-one while an undergraduate at Oxford. He was also associated with other such notable figures as Aubrey Beardsley, Walter Pater and Marcel Proust. The first translator of the Italian philosopher Benedetto Croce into English, he also lectured on Hegel. He was identified as the "Dear Ainslie" recipient of twelve letters written by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1895 - 1896, which were auctioned by Christie's in 2004.

Ainslie was a Member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

He also revered the Indian sage Sri Ramana Maharshi who taught the truth of Non-dualism ('Advaita") and [http://www.arunachala-ramana.org/forum/index.php?topic=4536.0 visited him in 1935] at his ashram in Thiruvannamalai in Southern India. Provided by Wikipedia