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Michael Dillon


Born
in Folkestone, Kent, England, The United Kingdom
May 01, 1915

Died
May 15, 1962

Genre
Memoir


Born Laura Maud Dillon, Dillon tranistioned from female to male between 1939 and 1949.

Studied at Oxford, attended medical school, and traveled the world aboard the British Merchant Navy as a ship's surgeon.

He is the first white European man to be ordained in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, taking the name Lobzang Jivaka. ...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 77 ratings · 19 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors
Out of the Ordinary: A Life...
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Self: A Study in Ethics and...
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