ˈɑːɹθɚ hˈɔːɹnɚ wʌz bˈɔːɹn ɪn mˈɜːðɚ tˈɪdfɪl, sˈaʊθ wˈeɪlz, ðɪ ˈɛldɪst sɚvˈaɪvɪŋ sˈʌn əvə fˈæmɪli ʌv sˈɛvəntˌiːn tʃˈɪldɹən ˈoʊnli sˈɪks ʌv hˈuːm lˈɪvd pˈæst ˈɪnfənsi.
Arthur Horner was born in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, the eldest surviving son of a family of seventeen children only six of whom lived past infancy.