Jacob P. Dalton

Religious scholar
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IntroReligious scholar
isScholar Religious scholar
Work fieldAcademia Religion
Gender
Male
Birth26 March 1969
Age55 years
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Biography

Jacob P. Dalton is an American professor of religion and Tibetan studies at the University of California at Berkeley, where he is the first holder of a chair endowed by the Khyentse foundation. He had previously worked as a professor at Yale University and a researcher at the British Library.
Dalton's research focuses on Tantra in Tibet during the 11th century as it can be studied using the cache of documents found at Dunhuang. He has also done pioneering work on Tibetan paleography.

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