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Alan Watts

Alan Watts es conocido sobre todo por The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts y Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life. Alan Watts nació el 6 de enero de 1915. Alan Watts murió el 16 de noviembre de 1973 a los 58 años.

Nacimiento: 6 de enero de 1915
Lugar de nacimiento: Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK
Fallecimiento: 16 de noviembre de 1973 (58 años)

Biografía

Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher, writer and speaker known for interpreting and popularising Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York. He received a master's degree in theology from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and became an Episcopal priest in 1945. He left the ministry in 1950 and moved to California, where he joined the faculty of the American Academy of Asian Studies.