(CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Father: Aung San, commander of the Burma Independence Army. Helped negotiate Burma’s independence from Britain. Assassinated on July 19, 1947.

Mother: Ma Khin Kyi, diplomat and later an ambassador to India.

Marriage: Michael Aris (January 1, 1972-March 27, 1999, his death)

Children: Kim (Burmese name: Htein Lin) and Alexander (Burmese name: Myint San Aung)

Education: St. Hughes College, Oxford University, B.A. in philosophy, politics and economics, 1967

Referred to as Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; “Daw” is an honorific title.

Grew up in Myanmar and India but moved to England in the 1960s.

1964 – Moves to England to study at Oxford University.

1969-1971 – Works at the United Nations in New York as assistant secretary for the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions.