Robert Thurman
(1941-)
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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 is the father of actress Uma Thurman. He was the Je Tsongkhapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, before retiring in June of 2019. "Robert Thurman held the first endowed chair in Buddhist Studies in the West." 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.
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Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman 3 August 1941 (age 84) New York, New York, USA
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Uma Karuna Thurman 3rd child with Nena Thurman Female b. 29 Apr 1970 · Age: 55 · 1970- · American actress and model
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