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John Gordon Clark | |
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Born | 1926 |
Died | 1999 |
Alma mater |
Harvard Medical School,
M.D. Macalester College, B.S. |
Known for | research on cults |
Awards | Psychiatrist of the Year, Psychiatric Times, 1991 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | psychiatry |
Institutions | Harvard University |
John 'Jack' Gordon Clark (1926–1999) was a Harvard psychiatrist known for his research on the alleged damaging effects of cults. [1][ full citation needed]
He was the target of harassment from the Church of Scientology after he testified against it to the Vermont legislature in 1976. [2]
The Psychiatric Times, when naming him 1991 psychiatrist of the year, described him as "a quiet, courageous man of conviction, who was fighting an all-too-lonely and unappreciated battle against well-financed, ruthless organizations."
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John Gordon Clark | |
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Born | 1926 |
Died | 1999 |
Alma mater |
Harvard Medical School,
M.D. Macalester College, B.S. |
Known for | research on cults |
Awards | Psychiatrist of the Year, Psychiatric Times, 1991 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | psychiatry |
Institutions | Harvard University |
John 'Jack' Gordon Clark (1926–1999) was a Harvard psychiatrist known for his research on the alleged damaging effects of cults. [1][ full citation needed]
He was the target of harassment from the Church of Scientology after he testified against it to the Vermont legislature in 1976. [2]
The Psychiatric Times, when naming him 1991 psychiatrist of the year, described him as "a quiet, courageous man of conviction, who was fighting an all-too-lonely and unappreciated battle against well-financed, ruthless organizations."