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Timothy Leary
American psychologist (1920–1996)
This article is about the 1960s counterculture figure. For the baseball player, see Tim Leary.
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| Born | Timothy Francis Leary (1920-10-22)October 22, 1920 Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. | |
| Died | May 31, 1996(1996-05-31) (aged 75) Beverly Hills, California, U.S. | |
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| Spouses | Marianne Busch (m. 1945; died 1955)Mary Della Cioppa (m. 1956; div. 1957)Rosemary Woodruff (m. 1967; div. 1976)Barbara Chase (m. 1978; div. 1992) | |
| Partner | Joanna Harcourt-Smith (1972–1977) | |
| Children | 3 | |
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| Thesis | The Social Dim • Timothy Leary: A BiographyTo a generation in full revolt against any form of authority, "Tune in, vända on, drop out" became a mantra, and its popularizer, Dr. Timothy Leary, a guru. A charismatic and brilliant psychologist, Leary became first intrigued and then obsessed by the effects of psychedelic drugs in the 1960s while teaching at Harvard, where he not only encouraged but instituted their experimental use among students and faculty. What began as research into human consciousness turned into a uppdrag to alter consciousness itself. Leary transformed himself from serious social scientist into counterculture shaman, embodying the idealism and the hedonism of an age of revolutionary change. • Timothy Leary: A BiographyJune 26, 2016
This was an absolutely fascinating book to listen to. It covers the sprawling history of this man's astonishing life in a lot of detail, and is therefore not just a book about a brilliant, multi-faceted, flawed human being, but a must-read for anyone interested in what really went down in the 1960s counter-culture. The colorful parade of characters who were major players in that time (and later on) is endless, and I read with great interest as famous writers, radicals, musicians, high society types, philosophers, great beauties, and leading scientists all made appearances, along with a good number of people who are not household names. The book is over-stuffed with juicy gossip, wit, outrageous personalities, politics, and jaw-dropping occurrences of many kinds. If the 1960s was a three-ring circus, then Leary, while not exactly its ringleader, was very much in the center ring.
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