(Caroline) Mary Ridding (30 August 1862 – 9 November 1941[1][2][3]) was a scholar of Sanskrit and Pali, and a librarian.
Her father, William Ridding (1830–1900), was the vicar of Meriden and also played cricket, and her mother was Caroline Selina Caldecott.
[4] She was one of the first (and possibly the first) English woman Sanskrit scholars,[6] and published a translation of Bāṇabhaṭṭa's portion of the Kādambarī in 1896.
In later life she was particularly interested in Tibet, and was a reviewer for Tibetan books in the Journal of Asiatic Studies.
[2] The Ridding Reading Prize competition at Girton College was founded in her honour.