This is the list of notable modern scholars in the field of Buddhist studies.
Eugène Burnouf (1801–1852) Viggo Fausböll (1821–1908) Robert Caesar Childers (1838–1876) T.W. Rhys Davids (1843–1922) Nanjo Bunyu (1849–1927) Hermann Oldenberg (1854–1920) Wilhelm Geiger (1856–1943) C.A.F. Rhys Davids (1857–1942) Robert Chalmers (1858–1938) P. Lakshmi Narasu (1861–1934) Takakusu Junjirō (1866–1945) D.T. Suzuki (1870–1966) Frank Lee Woodward (1871–1952) Masaharu Anesaki (1873–1949) Nyanatiloka Mahathera (1878–1957) A. K. Coomaraswamy (1877–1947) Johannes Nobel (1887–1960) A. P. Buddhadatta Mahathera (1887–1962) Benimadhab Barua (1888–1948) Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero (1896–1998) Isaline Blew Horner (1896–1981) Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera (1899–1973) Nyanaponika Thera (1901–1994) Edward Conze (1904–1979) Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu (1905–1960) K. N. Jayatilleke (1920–1970) John Crook (1930–2011) Y. Karunadasa (b. 1934) David Kalupahana (1936–2014) Richard Gombrich (b. 1937) P. D. Premasiri (b. 1941) Robert Thurman (1941–2026) L. S. Cousins (1942–2015) Bhikkhu Bodhi (b. 1944) Victor Sogen Hori (b. 1944) Bernard Faure (b. 1948) Shanti Swaroop Baudh (1949–2020) K.L. Dhammajoti (b. 1949) Steven Heine (b. 1950) Damien Keown (b. 1951) Masatoshi Ueki (b. 1951) Vello Väärtnöu (b. 1951) Donald S. Lopez Jr. (b. 1952) A. Charles Muller (b. 1953) Bhikkhu Analayo (b. 1962) James Robson (b. 1965) Anne Blackburn (b. 1967) Rupert Gethin Pabbajjoravitipalivijjamuniyo (b. 1972) Erick Tsiknopoulos (b. 1981) Jack Meng-Tat Chia (b. 1982) David Komito Kogen Mizuno (1901–2006), a Japanese Buddhist monk of the Soto sect and scholar of Early Buddhism. Jan Nattier
See also Pali Text Society List of Sāsana Azani recipients Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Mahamakut Buddhist University International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University State Pariyatti Sasana University, Yangon State Pariyatti Sasana University, Mandalay Dhammaduta Chekinda University Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka Gautam Buddha University Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies Lumbini Buddhist University Chittagong Pali College Sitagu International Buddhist Academy International Buddhist Studies College Buddhist Institute, Cambodia Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies List of Buddhist universities and colleges
References
Shan State Buddhist University