Rawi Bhavilai (also spelled Rawee Pawilai, , 17 October 1925 – 17 March 2017) was a Thai

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, writer and translator. He served as a professor at the Physics Department of the Faculty of Science,

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, and was known for his writings on astronomy as well as philosophy and religion. He was a fellow of the

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, and was named

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in literature in 2006.

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