Mongkut

Mongkut

male, deceased (1868)
Thammayut Nikaya, Buddhism in Thailand, king mongkut, British, Chakri Dynasty, western…Buddhism
Mongkut (Rama IV), (October 18, 1804 - October 1, 1868) was king of Siam from 1851 to 1868. Historians have widely regarded him as one of the most...
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

male, deceased (1966)
translation, indologist, Anglophone Japanese writer, author, Translator, Theosophist…Buddhism, Buddhism in the United States
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki was a famous Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in...
Rennyo

Rennyo

male, deceased (1499)
Buddhism in Japan, Japanese warrior monk, Shinsho-in, Etoh Daishi, Jōdo Shinshū, Ikkō-ikki…Buddhism
"'"' (1415-1499) was the 8th abbot of the Jodo Shinshu sect of Buddhism and is often referred to as the restorer of the sect (or, the second...
K. Sri Dhammananda

K. Sri Dhammananda

male, deceased (2006)
Buddhist, writer, Buddhism, sri lankan, malaysia, buddhist monk
Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda (March 18, 1919 - August 31, 2006) was a Sri Lankan-born Buddhist monk and scholar. Born Martin Garmage in the village of...
John Marshall

John Marshall

male, deceased (1958)
Archaeologist, Harappa, Mohenjodaro, Sir John Hubert Marshall, Archaeological Survey of India, Taxila…Buddhism
Sir John Hubert Marshall (March 19, 1876 Chester - August 17, 1958 Guildford) was the Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India from...
Christmas Humphreys

Christmas Humphreys

male, deceased (1983)
Old Malvernian, convert to Buddhism, Buddhist society, Queen's Counsel, judge, barrister…mahayana buddhism, Buddhism
Travers Christmas Humphreys, QC (15 February 1901 - 13 April 1983) was a British barrister who prosecuted several controversial cases in the 1940s...
Taizan Maezumi

Taizan Maezumi

male, deceased (1995)
Buddhism in the United States, Buddhist, zen, Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist monk, Japanese
The Venerable Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi (known as Taizan Maezumi) (February 24, 1931-May 14, 1995), was a Zen Buddhist monk who had a seminal...
Richard Gombrich

Richard Gombrich

male, 72 years old
British, Richard Francis Gombrich, Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, Clay Sanskrit Library, indologist, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies…Buddhism
Richard Francis Gombrich is a British Indologist and scholar of Sanskrit, Pāli, and Buddhist Studies. He acted as the Boden Professor of Sanskrit a...
Natalie Goldberg

Natalie Goldberg

female, 61 years old
refuge, Buddhism, creative writing, zazen, Long Quiet Highway, The Great Failure
Natalie Goldberg (b. 1948) is an American author and teacher of creative writing. She is best known for a series of books which explore writing as...
Ninian Smart

Ninian Smart

male, deceased (2001)
The Craft of Religious Studies, Jon R. Stone, University of London, University of California, linguist, Scottish…Buddhism
Additional biographical source: Ninian Smart. "Methods in My Life." Pp. 18-35 in "The Craft of Religious Studies", edited by Jon R. Stone. New...