Dr. George FitzHerbert

Before starting work with 84000 in 2022 George FitzHerbert was a lecturer teaching Tibetan and Tibetan Studies full time at the University of Oxford in England where he previously received a DPhil in Tibetan Literature focusing on the Gesar epic. His enthusiasm for Tibetan culture began when as a school leaver in 1992 he volunteered as an English teacher at the Kham Lingtsang refugee settlement near Dehradun India and then travelled to Nepal and central Tibet. This youthful experience fostered a fascination with the wealth of Tibetan culture and an abiding awe for the sophistication and devotionalism of Tibetan religious life. Over the next thirty years he has continued to make trips to different parts of the Tibetan-speaking world Mongolia and central Asia and spent five years living in southern India. With degrees from Oxford SOAS and Harvard his scholarly interests have shifted over time from themes of contemporary society myth and folklore to Tibetan religious history and the Buddha dharma. In addition to academic editorial and ghost-writing roleshe has also worked as a radio journalista documentary filmmakerand a drama teacher. He continues to live in Oxford, England with his family.