Robert Thurman

Robert Thurman
Thurman in 2014
Born	Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman (1941-08-03) August 3, 1941 (age 82) New York City, U.S.
Other names	Bob Thurman, Alexander Thurman, Alecsander Thermen
Alma mater	Harvard University (BA, MA, PhD)
Spouses	Marie-Christophe de Menil ​ ​ (m. 1960; div. 1961)​ Nena von Schlebrügge ​ ​ (m. 1967)​
Children	5, including Uma
Relatives	Dash Snow (grandson) Maya Hawke (granddaughter) Levon Hawke (grandson)
Scientific career
Fields	Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies
Institutions	Amherst College Columbia University
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.