93,820 profiles ranked live

Back to the boardThe board

Kerry Wendell Thornley

✓ Source-basedstable

Co-founder of Discordianism (1938-1998)

United StatesWritersLived 1938 to 1998 · aged 60
Compare
Fame47.7
Momentum0.7
Languages8
In century#69,049

Kerry Wendell Thornley was an American author. He is known as the co-founder of Discordianism, in which context he is usually known as Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst or simply Lord Omar. He and Hill authored the religion's text Principia Discordia, Or, How I Found Goddess, and What I Did to Her When I Found Her.

Also inDeutsch

Photos 2

Thornley circa 1970Thornley circa 1970

Writers from United States 6

Alfie Kohn47.7Cornelia Otis Skinner47.7Ted Berman47.7Jack Kinney47.7William John Burns47.7Erik Davis47.7

About this person

Kerry Wendell Thornley was an American author. He is known as the co-founder of Discordianism, in which context he is usually known as Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst or simply Lord Omar. He and Hill authored the religion's text Principia Discordia, Or, How I Found Goddess, and What I Did to Her When I Found Her. Thornley also was known for his 1962 manuscript The Idle Warriors, which was inspired by the activities of his acquaintance Lee Harvey Oswald before the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1938 to 1998 · aged 60
Written about in
8 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.