Born Osbert Moore, an Englishman and Oxford graduate, he took ordination in Sri Lanka in 1949 or 1950. EoB, vol. 5, p. 594.
Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli, A Thinker's Note Book: Posthumous Papers of a Buddhist Monk. This publication is quite rare, but a scanned version has been placed on the internet. It displays his own thinking, and answers the question: What would an Oxford educated mind look like after soaking it in Buddhism?
