Clarence Arthur Tripp

Clarence Arthur Tripp Jr. (1919–2003) was an American psychologist, writer, and researcher for Alfred Kinsey.[1]

Born on October 4, 1919 in Denton, Texas. He studied photography at the Eastman School of Photography, Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (now Rochester Institute of Technology).[1] He graduated from Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute in 1941.[2] He served in the United States Navy.[1]

Tripp worked with Kinsey at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction in Bloomington, Indiana from 1948 to 1956. He earned a PhD in Clinical psychology from New York University.[3] Tripp drew attention with a book, published posthumously, wherein he made the case that Abraham Lincoln had several same-sex relationships.[4]

Works
  • The Homosexual Matrix (ISBN 0-07-065201-5)
  • The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln (ISBN 0-7432-6639-0)

References
  1. Andy Armitage, Summer 2003. "Gay and Lesbian Humanist: Clarence Arthur Tripp (4 October 1919 – 17 May 2003)" "" Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  2. "Clarence Tripp To be Graduate From Rochester Institute", Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Texas, volume XLIII, number 159, June 3, 1941, page 2.
  3. Martin, Douglas (May 22, 2003). "New York Times obituary". Nytimes.com. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  4. Robert Longley, About.com. "C. A. Tripp's Book Asserts Abe Lincoln was Gay: Controversy raged before Tripp's book published" "". Retrieved September 11, 2012


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