Back روبرت ثورمان Arabic روبرت ثورمان ARZ رابرت تورمن AZB Robert Thurman German Robert Thurman Spanish Robert A. F. Thurman French Robert Thurman Italian Robert Thurman Dutch Robert Thurman Portuguese Турман, Роберт Russian
Robert Thurman | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Thurman in 2014 | |
| Born | Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman August 3, 1941 New York City, U.S. |
| Other names | Bob Thurman, Alexander Thurman, Alecsander Thermen |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (BA, MA, PhD) |
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| Children | 5, including Uma |
| Relatives | Dash Snow (grandson) Maya Hawke (granddaughter) Levon Hawke (grandson) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies |
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| Doctoral advisor | Daniel H.H. Ingalls, Sr. |
| Doctoral students | Christian K. Wedemeyer |
Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman (born August 3, 1941) is an American Buddhist author and academic who has written, edited, and translated several books on Tibetan Buddhism. He was the Je Tsongkhapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, before retiring in June 2019.[1] He was the first endowed chair in Buddhist Studies in the West.[1] He also is the co-founder and president of the Tibet House US New York. He translated the Vimalakirti Sutra from the Tibetan Kanjur into English. He is the father of actress Uma Thurman.
- ^ a b "Robert A. F. Thurman | Department of Religion". Columbia University. 2019-12-21. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
Robert Thurman held the first endowed chair in Buddhist Studies in the West, the Jey Tsong Khapa Chair in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies (...)