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Alex Comfort
1920-02-10 – 2000-03-26
Life & Legacy
Alexander Comfort (10 February 1920 – 26 March 2000) was a British scientist and physician, writer and activist, known best for his nonfiction sex manual, The Joy of Sex (1972). He was a poet and author of both fiction and nonfiction, as well as a gerontologist, geriatrician, sexologist, political theorist and commentator, anarchist, and pacifist.
Occupation & Career
physician, writer, university teacher, psychiatrist, scientist, poet, sexologist
Education
University College London; Highgate School
Legacy Highlights
Employer
Stanford University
Education & Institutions
Highgate School · University College London
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q621458 — wikidata View source
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