Clarence Arthur Tripp Jr. (1919–2003) was an American psychologist, writer, and researcher for Alfred Kinsey.[1]
Born on October 4, 1919 in Denton, Texas. He studied photography at the Eastman School of Photography, Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (now Rochester Institute of Technology).[1] He graduated from Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute in 1941.[2] He served in the United States Navy.[1]
Tripp worked with Kinsey at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction in Bloomington, Indiana from 1948 to 1956. He earned a PhD in Clinical psychology from New York University.[3] Tripp drew attention with a book, published posthumously, wherein he made the case that Abraham Lincoln had several same-sex relationships.[4]
Works[]
- The Homosexual Matrix (ISBN 0-07-065201-5)
- The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln (ISBN 0-7432-6639-0)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Andy Armitage, Summer 2003. "Gay and Lesbian Humanist: Clarence Arthur Tripp (4 October 1919 – 17 May 2003)" "[1]" Retrieved September 11, 2012.
- ↑ "Clarence Tripp To be Graduate From Rochester Institute", Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Texas, volume XLIII, number 159, June 3, 1941, page 2.
- ↑ Martin, Douglas (May 22, 2003). "New York Times obituary". Nytimes.com. https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/22/obituaries/22TRIP.html. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
- ↑ Robert Longley, About.com. "C. A. Tripp's Book Asserts Abe Lincoln was Gay: Controversy raged before Tripp's book published" "[2]". Retrieved September 11, 2012
External links[]
- Template:NYPL Archives & Manuscripts
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