Alan Watts
British American author and lecturer (1915-1973) · United Kingdom · Writers · Died at 58
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Something wrong?Alan Wilson Watts was a British and American writer, speaker, and self-styled "philosophical entertainer", known for interpreting and popularising Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu philosophy for a Western audience.
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![The Alan Watts Library in Druid Heights, where some of Watts' ashes were buried[49]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Druid_Heights_-_A_trip_down_memory_lane_%2819794786486%29.jpg/1280px-Druid_Heights_-_A_trip_down_memory_lane_%2819794786486%29.jpg)
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About this person
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1915 to 1973 · aged 58
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