Michael Aris

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

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instanceOf Himalayan studies scholar
Tibetan studies scholar
historian
human
almaMater Durham University
University of Oxford
causeOfDeath prostate cancer
child Alexander Aris
Kim Aris
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1946-03-27
dateOfDeath 1999-03-27
educatedAt Durham University
University of Oxford
employer St Antony's College, Oxford NERFINISHED
University of Oxford
fieldOfWork Himalayan studies
Tibetan studies
knownFor pioneering Western research on Bhutan
languagesSpokenWritten Dzongkha
English
Tibetan
marriageStart 1972
name Michael Vaillancourt Aris
notableFor being the husband of Aung San Suu Kyi
scholarship on Tibetan and Bhutanese history
notableWork Aung San Suu Kyi: Freedom from Fear and Other Writings (editor)
Bhutan: The Early History of a Himalayan Kingdom
Hidden Treasures and Secret Lives: A Study of Pemalingpa (1450–1521) and the Sixth Dalai Lama (1683–1706)
Lamas, Princes, and Brigands: Joseph Rock's Photographs of the Tibetan Borderlands
The Raven Crown: The Origins of Buddhist Monarchy in Bhutan
numberOfChildren 2
occupation academic
historian
placeOfBirth Havana, Cuba
placeOfDeath Oxford
surface form: Oxford, England
positionHeld senior research fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford
religion Buddhism (convert)
residence Oxford
surface form: Oxford, England
sexOrGender male
sibling Anthony Aris
spouse Aung San Suu Kyi
studied Bhutanese history
Tibetan Buddhism
twin Anthony Aris

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Aung San Suu Kyi spouse Michael Aris