Prem Purachatra

{{Short description|Thai prince, diplomat, English instructor, publisher, poet, playwright and author}}

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|name = Prem Purachatra

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|image = พระวรวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้าเปรมบุรฉัตร.jpg

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|full name =

|spouse = Ngarmchit Purachatra

|issue = Thirachatra Purachatra (adopted)

|house = {{c|Purachatra family}} {{small|(Chakri Dynasty)}}

|father = Purachatra Jayakara, Prince of Kamphaengphet

|mother = Princess Prabhavasit Narimol

|birth_date ={{birth date|1915|8|12|df=yes}}

|birth_place =Bangkok, Siam

|death_date ={{death date and age|1981|7|24|1915|8|12|df=yes}}

|death_place = Bangkok, Thailand

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Prince Prem Purachatra ({{langx|th|พระวรวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้าเปรมบุรฉัตร}}; {{RTGS|Prem Burachat}}; 12 August 1915 – 24 July 1981) was a Thai prince who worked as a diplomat, English instructor, publisher, poet, playwright, and author. He was a son of Prince Purachatra Jayakara and grandson of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). He served as president of the Siam Society, was a fellow of the Royal Institute, headed the Department of Modern Languages at Chulalongkorn University (now the Language Institute, which is housed in a building bearing his name), and published the weekly English-language magazine Standard. He was married to Ngarmchit Purachatra.{{cite book |editor1-last=Grossman |editor1-first=Nicholas |title=Chronicle of Thailand : headline news since 1946 |date=2009 |publisher=Editions Didier Millet |location=Singapore |isbn=9789814217125 |page=241 |chapter=In memoriam: Renaissance Prince Prem Purachatra}}{{cite web |last1=Benjamin |title=New Books: Thailand and Poetry |url=http://203.131.219.167/km2559/2017/08/17/new-books-thailand-and-poetry/ |website=Thammasat University Library Knowledge Management |publisher=Thammasat University Library |accessdate=7 July 2018 |date=17 August 2017}}