Michael Vaillancourt Aris

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Michael Vaillancourt Aris was a British historian and scholar of Tibetan and Himalayan studies, best known as the late husband of Burmese political leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

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instanceOf Himalayan studies scholar
Tibetan studies scholar
human
birthCountry Cuba NERFINISHED
birthDate 1946-03-27
birthPlace Havana NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath prostate cancer
child Alexander Aris NERFINISHED
Kim Aris NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED
deathDate 1999-03-27
educatedAt Durham University NERFINISHED
University of Oxford
Worth School NERFINISHED
employer St Antony's College, Oxford NERFINISHED
familyName Aris NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Himalayan studies
Tibetan studies
givenName Michael
knownFor promoting understanding of Bhutanese history in the West
languageOfWorkOrName English
marriageStart 1972
name Michael Vaillancourt Aris NERFINISHED
nationality British
notableFor being the husband of Aung San Suu Kyi
scholarship on Tibetan and Himalayan studies
notableWork “Bhutan: The Early History of a Himalayan Kingdom” NERFINISHED
“Hidden Treasures and Secret Lives: A Study of Pemalingpa (1450–1521) and the Sixth Dalai Lama (1683–1706)” NERFINISHED
“The Raven Crown: The Origins of Buddhist Monarchy in Bhutan” NERFINISHED
numberOfChildren 2
occupation academic
historian
placeOfDeath Oxford NERFINISHED
positionHeld senior research fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford
religion Buddhism
researchFocus Bhutanese history
Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED
sibling Anthony Aris NERFINISHED
spouse Aung San Suu Kyi NERFINISHED
studied Himalayan cultures
Tibetan language

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