Gerald Heard | |
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| Born | Henry FitzGerald Heard 6 October 1889 London, England |
| Died | 14 August 1971 (aged 81) Santa Monica, California |
| Other names | Henry FitzGerald Heard |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Partner | Christopher Wood |
| Website | geraldheard |
Henry FitzGerald Heard[1] (6 October 1889 – 14 August 1971), commonly called Gerald Heard, was a British-born American historian, science writer and broadcaster, public lecturer, educator, and philosopher. He wrote many articles and over 35 books.
Heard was a guide and mentor to numerous well-known people from the 1940s through the 1960s, including Aldous Huxley, Henry Luce, Clare Boothe Luce, and Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. His work was a forerunner of, and influence on, the consciousness development movement that has spread in the Western world since the 1960s.
- ^ "Official Website – Christened as Henry Fitz Gerald Heard". Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2013.