John Gordon Clark

John 'Jack' Gordon Clark (1926–1999) was a Harvard psychiatrist known for his research on the alleged damaging effects of cults.

John Gordon Clark
Born1926
United States
Died1999
Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard Medical School, M.D.
Macalester College, B.S.
Known forresearch on cults
AwardsPsychiatrist of the Year, Psychiatric Times, 1991
Scientific career
Fieldspsychiatry
InstitutionsHarvard University

He was the target of harassment from the Church of Scientology after he testified against it to the Vermont legislature in 1976.

The Psychiatric Times, when naming him 1991 psychiatrist of the year, described him as "a quiet, courageous man of conviction, who was fighting an all-too-lonely and unappreciated battle against well-financed, ruthless organizations."

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