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Alan Watts

Alan Watts is vooral bekend van The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts en Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life. Alan Watts werd geboren op 6 januari 1915. Alan Watts overleed op 16 november 1973 op 58-jarige leeftijd.

Geboren: 6 januari 1915
Geboorteplaats: Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK
Overleden: 16 november 1973 (58 jaar)

Biografie

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.