Isaline Blew Horner

Isaline Blew Horner

Dr. I.B. (Isaline Blew) Horner (March 30, 1896 - April 25, 1981) was a leading scholar of Pali literature, late president of the Pali Text Society (1959-1981) and recipient of the Order of the British Empire (1980).

Life

On March 30, 1896, Horner was born in Walthamstow in Essex, England.

Cambridge years

In 1917, at the University of Cambridge's women's college Newnham College, Horner was awarded the title of a B.A. in "moral studies."Jayetilleke (2007).] [At the time, Newnham was one of two women's colleges at Cambridge, the other being Girton College. At Cambridge women were awarded "titles" but not degrees until 1947.]

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 Eliza "Elsie" Marian Butler (1885-1959).University of Cambridge (2007).] [Boucher (2007), p. 121.] Burford (2005).] Watts (2006).]

PTS years

In 1936, due to Butler's accepting a position at Manchester University, Horner left Newnham to live in Manchester. There, Horner completed the fourth volume of the "Papancasudani" (published 1937). In 1938, she published the first volume of a translation of the Vinaya Pitaka. (She was to publish a translation of the last Vinaya Pitaka volume in 1966.)

In 1942, Horner became the Honorary Secretary of the Pali Text Society (PTS). In 1943, in response to her parents' needs and greater PTS involvement, Horner moved to London where she lived until her death. In 1959, she became the Society's President and Honorary Treasurer.

Honors

In 1964, in recognition of her contributions to Pali literature, Horner was awarded an honorary Ph.D by Ceylon University.

In 1977, Horner received a second honorary Ph.D from Nava Nalanda Mahavihara.

In 1980, Queen Elizabeth II awarded Horner the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her lifelong contribution to Buddhist literature.

Books

Horner's books (ordered by first identified publication date) include:

* "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)
* "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.

ee also

* Pali Text Society

Notes

ources

* Boucher, Sandy (2007). "Appreciating the Lineage of Buddhist Feminist Scholars," in Rosemary Radford Ruether (ed.) "Feminist Theologies" (2007). Minneapolis: Fortress Press. ISBN 0-8006-3894-8. Retrieved 2008-08-21 from "Google Book Search" at http://books.google.com/books?id=lOFBColkprkC&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=Isaline+%2BHorner+%2B%22Elsie+Butler%22&source=web&ots=LdtYjkqFG4&sig=c9sah_wz7NtEy-f90w1bFx6wzGo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result.
* Burford, Grace (2005). "Newnham Biographies: Isaline B. Horner (1896-1981)." Retrieved 2008-08-21 from "Newnham College" at http://www.newn.cam.ac.uk/about/bio_isalinehorner.shtml.
* Jayetilleke, Rohan L. (2007). "The pioneer Pali scholar of the West." Retrieved 2008-08-20 from "Associated Newspapers of Ceylon" at http://www.lakehouse.lk/budusarana/2007/03/25/Budu15.pdf.
* University of Cambridge (2007). "Isaline Blew Horner (1896-1981), Pali scholar." Retrieved 2008-08-20 from "University of Cambridge" at http://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/faclib/archive/horner.html.
* Watts, Sheila (2006). "Newnham Biographies: Eliza Marian (Elsie) Butler (1885 – 1959)." Retrieved 2008-08-21 from "Newnham College" at http://www.newnham.cam.ac.uk/about/bio_elsiebutler.shtml.


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