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Thaw Kaung
Sithu Thaw Kaung ((ビルマ語:သော်ကောင်း)) is a Burmese, a university librarian, historian and leading authority in Asian library studies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Thaw Kaung )〕 He specializes in the preservation and archival of traditional documents, including palm leaf manuscripts.〔
==Early life and education==
Thaw Kaung was born on 17 December 1937 in Rangoon, as the eldest child of second generation Sino-Burmese parents, Sithu U Kaung (surnamed Saw or Suu), and Daw Thein (surnamed Teoh or Teo).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Thaw Kaung (Academic Prize 2005 ) )〕 His parents were of Hokkien descent, with ancestors from Quanzhou, Fujian.〔 Thaw Kaung's father was a Director of Education from 1951 to 1957.〔 In 1947, Thaw Kaung followed his father to England to oversee the Burmese scholars studying there.〔 In 1950, he returned to Rangoon, but could not attend school because he suffered from poliarthriticsmyelitis.〔
Thaw Kaung attended Methodist English High School (now Basic Education High School No. 1 Dagon) from 1952 to 1954, passing the Matriculation examinations in the First Division with distinctions in English and Geography.〔 He majored in English Literature at Rangoon University, graduating with First Class Honours in 1959. He won the U Po Hnit Gold Medal, which was awarded by Rangoon University to the highest-standing student in the B.A. examination for Honours English.〔 He was selected in 1960 as a Burma State Scholar to obtain a Postgraduate Diploma in Librarianship, specializing in Oriental Bibliography, from the University of London's University College London in 1962.〔〔〔
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