Background
Saunders, Kenneth James was born on January 10, 1883 in Cape Town, South Africa. Son of Henry William (Doctor of Medicine Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.) and Jane Esther (Solomon) S.
Saunders, Kenneth James was born on January 10, 1883 in Cape Town, South Africa. Son of Henry William (Doctor of Medicine Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.) and Jane Esther (Solomon) S.
Educated Clifton College, Bristol, England. Bachelor of Arts, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, England, 1905, Master of Arts, 1914, Doctor of Letters, 1925.
Studied Buddhism in Ceylon, 1908-1912. With Young Men's Christian Association in India as literature secretary, director of studies, et cetera, 1912-1917. Director of studies, National Training School, London, 1917-1919.
Professor of history of religion, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California, 1920-1930.
Lecturer University of California. Haskell lecturer University of Chicago, 1921.
Guggenheim traveling fellow, 1925 and 1926, for study in the field of religions in Asia. Visiting professor, Columbia, 1928, University of Hawaii, 1931-1932, London University, 1933.
Married Babette Neugass, November 20, 1921. Children: Barbara, Thomas William