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Timothy Leary

Timothy Leary

Acting • 1920-10-22 • Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Timothy Francis Leary was an American psychologist and writer known for advocating the exploration of the therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs under controlled conditions. Leary conducted experiments under the Harvard Psilocybin Project during American legality of LSD and psilocybin, resulting in the Concord Prison Experiment and the Marsh Chapel Experiment. Leary's colleague, Richard Alpert, was fired from Harvard University on May 27, 1963 for giving psilocybin to an undergraduate student. Leary was planning to leave Harvard when his teaching contract expired in June, the following month. He was fired, for "failure to keep classroom appointments", with his pay docked on April 30. (Wikipedia)

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Shocker5.6

Shocker

1989

Conceiving Ada4.7

Conceiving Ada

1999

How To Operate Your Brain6.6

How To Operate Your Brain

1994

Timothy Leary's Dead6.8

Timothy Leary's Dead

1996

Fatal Skies4.8

Fatal Skies

1990

Roadside Prophets5.6

Roadside Prophets

1992

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