]> 2026-10-10T15:32:22-04:00 People/Horner, I. 0 en Isaline Blew Horner (30 March 1896 – 25 April 1981), usually cited as I. B. Horner, was an English Indologist, a leading scholar of Pali literature and late president of the Pali Text Society (1959–1981). On 30 March 1896 Horner was born in Walthamstow in Essex, England. Horner was a first cousin once removed of the British Theravada monk Ajahn Amaro. In 1917, at the University of Cambridge's women's college Newnham College, Horner was awarded the title of a B.A. in moral sciences. After her undergraduate studies, Horner remained at Newnham College, becoming in 1918 an assistant librarian and then, in 1920, acting librarian. In 1921, Horner traveled to Ceylon (Sri Lanka), India and Burma where she was first introduced to Buddhism, its literature and related languages. In 1923, Horner returned to England where she accepted a Fellowship at Newnham College and became its librarian. In 1928, she became the first Sarah Smithson Research Fellow in Pali Studies. In 1930, she published her first book, ''Women Under Primitive Buddhism''. In 1933, she edited her first volume of Pali text, the third volume of the ''Papancasudani'' (Majjhima Nikaya commentary). In 1934, Horner was awarded the title of an M.A. from Cambridge. From 1939 to 1949, she served on Cambridge's Governing Body. From 1926 to 1959, Horner lived and traveled with her companion "Elsie," Dr. Eliza Marian Butler (1885–1959). ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaline_Blew_Horner Source Accessed Apr 22, 2020]) Walthamstow, Essex, England Person People File:Horner I.B daitangkinvietnam.jpg https://commons.tsadra.org/images/f/f9/Horner_I.B_daitangkinvietnam.jpg true true true File:Horner I.B daitangkinvietnam.jpg File:Horner I.B daitangkinvietnam.jpg Isaline Blew Horner;Horner, I. false Isaline Blew Horner Horner I.B daitangkinvietnam.jpg Horner, I. Isaline Blew Horner * ''Women under primitive Buddhism: Laywomen and Almswomen'' (1930/1975) * ''Papañcasūdanī: Majjhimanikāyaṭṭhakathā of Buddhaghosâcariya'' (1933) * ''Early Buddhist Theory of Man Perfected: A Study of the Arahan Concept and of the Implications of the Aim to Perfection in Religious Life, Traced in Early Canonical and Post-canonical Pali Literature'' (1936/1975) * ''Book of the Discipline (Vinaya-pitaka)'' (1938), translated by I. B. Horner * ''Alice M. Cooke, a memoir'' (1940)[10] * ''Madhuratthavilāsinī nāma Buddhavaṃsaṭṭhakathā of Bhadantâcariya Buddhadatta Mahāthera'' (1946/1978), ed. by I.B. Horner. * ''Living Thoughts of Gotama the Buddha'' (1948/2001), by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy and I.B. Horner * ''Collection of the Middle Length Sayings'' (1954) * ''Ten Jātaka Stories'' (1957) * ''Early Buddhist Poetry'' (1963) * ''Milinda's Questions'' (1963), translated by I. B. Horner * ''Buddhist Texts through the Ages'' (1964/1990), translated and edited by Edward Conze in collaboration with I.B. Horner, David Snellgrove, Arthur Waley * ''Minor Anthologies of the Pali Canon (vol. 4): Vimanavatthu and Petavatthu'' (1974), translated by I. B. Horner * ''Minor Anthologies of the Pali Canon (vol. 3): Buddhavamsa and Cariyapitaka'' (1975), translated by I. B. Horner * ''Apocryphal Birth-stories (Paññāsa Jātaka)'' (1985), translated by I.B. Horner and Padmanabh S. Jaini Classical Isaline Blew Horner (30 March 1896 – 25 April 1981), usually cited as I. B. Horner, was an English Indologist, a leading scholar of Pali literature and late president of the Pali Text Society (1959–1981). On 30 March 1896 Horner was born in Walthamstow in Essex, England. Horner was a first cousin once removed of the British Theravada monk Ajahn Amaro. In 1917, at the University of Cambridge's women's college Newnham College, Horner was awarded the title of a B.A. in moral sciences. After her undergraduate studies, Horner remained at Newnham College, becoming in 1918 an assistant librarian and then, in 1920, acting librarian. In 1921, Horner traveled to Ceylon (Sri Lanka), India and Burma where she was first introduced to Buddhism, its literature and related languages. In 1923, Horner returned to England where she accepted a Fellowship at Newnham College and became its librarian. In 1928, she became the first Sarah Smithson Research Fellow in Pali Studies. In 1930, she published her first book, ''Women Under Primitive Buddhism''. In 1933, she edited her first volume of Pali text, the third volume of the ''Papancasudani'' (Majjhima Nikaya commentary). In 1934, Horner was awarded the title of an M.A. from Cambridge. From 1939 to 1949, she served on Cambridge's Governing Body. From 1926 to 1959, Horner lived and traveled with her companion "Elsie," Dr. Eliza Marian Butler (1885–1959). 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