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Htin Aung was born on 18 May, 1909 in Rangoon, British Burma, is an A 20th-century burmese historian. Discover Htin Aung's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?

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Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 18 May, 1909
Birthday 18 May
Birthplace Rangoon, British Burma
Date of death 10 May, 1978
Died Place Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar)
Nationality Burma

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Parents U Hpein (father)Daw Mi Mi (mother)
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1909

Htin Aung (ထင်အောင် ; also Maung Htin Aung; 18 May 1909 – 10 May 1978) was a writer and scholar of Burmese culture and history.

Educated at Oxford and Cambridge, Htin Aung wrote several books on Burmese history and culture in both Burmese and English.

His English-language works brought a much-needed Burmese perspective to the international study of Burmese history, previously written by British historians of the colonial era.

His important works include A History of Burma, Folk Elements in Burmese Buddhism, Selections from Burmese Folk Tales, Thirty Burmese Tales and Burmese Drama.

Htin Aung was born to a Burmese aristocratic family on 18 May 1909.

His parents were U Hpein and Daw Mi Mi. He was a great-great-grandson of Maha Minhla Mindin Raza, a military officer in the Konbaung court, who fought in the First Anglo-Burmese War.

He had six other siblings.

He was the youngest of four brothers, including Tin Tut, Myint Thein and Kyaw Myint.

Htin Aung graduated from Yangon's elite St. Paul's English High School.

He went on to receive a Bachelor of Laws from Cambridge University, a Bachelor in Civil Law from Oxford University, a Master of Laws from the University of London, and doctorates in Anthropology and Literature from Trinity College, Dublin.

1946

Htin Aung, as the rector of the University of Rangoon from 1946 to 1958, was the highest ranking academic in the Burmese education system, at the time.

He was one of the founding fathers of the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL).

Htin Aung was the Rector of Rangoon University (Yangon University) from 1946 to 1958 and Vice-Chancellor in 1959.

1959

He was appointed Ambassador to Sri Lanka from 1959 to 1962.

He later became a visiting professor at Columbia University and then at Wake Forest University.

Htin Aung authored many important books on Myanmar, under the pen name of Maung Htin Aung.

His books are widely used in the study of the comparatively under-documented history and culture of Myanmar.