Timothy Leary

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Timothy Leary was an American psychologist and writer best known for advocating the therapeutic and spiritual use of psychedelic drugs during the 1960s counterculture movement.

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instanceOf counterculture figure
human
psychologist
writer
academicDegree PhD in psychology
arrestedFor drug-related offenses
associatedWith League for Spiritual Discovery
Millbrook, New York psychedelic community
burialPlace ashes partly sent into space
causeOfDeath prostate cancer
child Jack Leary
Susan Leary
collaboratedWith Ralph Metzner
Timothy Leary
surface form: "Richard Alpert"
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1920-10-22
dateOfDeath 1996-05-31
educatedAt College of the Holy Cross
Ohio State University
University of Alabama
University of California, Berkeley
Washington State University
employer Harvard University
escapedFrom prison in California in 1970
familyName Timothy Leary
surface form: "Leary"
fieldOfWork consciousness studies
psychedelic research
psychology
fullName Timothy Leary
surface form: "Timothy Francis Leary"
genre autobiography
non-fiction
psychedelic literature
givenName Timothy
imprisonedAt California Men's Colony
influenced 1960s hippie culture
psychedelic therapy advocates
influencedBy Aldous Huxley
William S. Burroughs
knownFor advocacy of psychedelic drugs
slogan "Turn on, tune in, drop out"
laterAffiliation various forms of spiritual and psychedelic mysticism
movement 1960s counterculture
psychedelic movement
notableWork Flashbacks
High Priest
The Psychedelic Experience
occupation activist
lecturer
psychologist
writer
placeOfBirth Springfield, Massachusetts
surface form: "Springfield, Massachusetts, United States"
placeOfDeath Beverly Hills, California, United States
positionHeld lecturer in psychology at Harvard University
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Barbara Chase
Joanna Harcourt-Smith
Joanna Leary
Marianne Busch
Mary Della Cioppa
Nena von Schlebrügge
Rosemary Woodruff
subjectOf FBI surveillance during the 1960s and 1970s

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hippie movement associatedWithFigure Timothy Leary
Timothy Leary collaboratedWith Timothy Leary
this entity surface form: "Richard Alpert"
Timothy Leary familyName Timothy Leary
this entity surface form: "Leary"
Timothy Leary fullName Timothy Leary
this entity surface form: "Timothy Francis Leary"
Timothy hasNotableBearer Timothy Leary
The Doors of Perception influenced Timothy Leary