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Alan Watts

Alan Watts est surtout connu pour The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts et Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life. Alan Watts est né le 6 janvier 1915. Alan Watts est décédé(e) le 16 novembre 1973 à 58 ans.

Naissance: 6 janvier 1915
Lieu de naissance: Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK
Décès: 16 novembre 1973 (58 ans)

Biographie

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.