Alan Watts
Alan Watts was born in Kent, England, in 1915. At 16, he became involved with the Buddhist Lodge in London, where he met Alice Bailey and D.T. Suzuki, and read extensively in philosophy, psychology, history, and Eastern wisdom. In 1938, he married, moved to America, and became an Episcopal priest. When his marriage ended in 1949, he left the priesthood and moved to California. In 1953, he began a weekly program at Pacifica Radio, attracting a loyal following. His first book, The Way of Zen (1957), was hugely successful. He spent his last years in the San Francisco Bay area between a houseboat in Sausalito and a cabin on Mt. Tamalpais, where he died in 1973. Two of his daughters currently manage his literary estate; a son has archived his talks.
