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

Born on October 4, 1919, in Denton, Texas, and attended Corsicana High School in May 1938. He studied at the New York Institute of Photography in New York City and in 1940, he became a member of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers. He also studied photography at the Eastman School of Photography, Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (now Rochester Institute of Technology). He graduated from Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute in 1941 where he majored in commercial photography. He served in the United States Navy. In February 1943, he took a job at 20th Century Fox in New York City.

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. Tripp drew attention with a book, published posthumously, wherein he made the case that Abraham Lincoln had several same-sex relationships.

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. "Dr. Clarence A. Tripp In Research Work With New York Alcohol Clinic", Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Texas, volume 63, number 10, June 18, 1958, page 14. (subscription required)
3. "Clarence Tripp, Jr. Made Member Motion Picture Engineers", Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Texas, volume XLII, number 130, April 29, 1940, page 4. (subscription required)
4. "Clarence Tripp To be Graduate From Rochester Institute", Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Texas, volume XLIII, number 159, June 3, 1941, page 2. (subscription required)
5. "Takes Position With Film Company", Denton Record-Chronicle, Denton, Texas, volume XLII, number 148, February 3, 1943, page 3. (subscription required)
6. Martin, Douglas (May 22, 2003). "New York Times obituary". The New York Times. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
7. Robert Longley, About.com. "C. A. Tripp's Book Asserts Abe Lincoln was Gay: Controversy raged before Tripp's book published" " Archived July 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine". Retrieved September 11, 2012

External links

• C. A. Tripp papers at Manuscripts and Archives Division at the New York Public Library

• 1919 births
• 2003 deaths
• 20th-century American LGBTQ people
• 21st-century American LGBTQ people
• 20th-century American psychologists
• American LGBTQ scientists
• American LGBTQ writers
• New York Institute of Photography alumni
• Rochester Institute of Technology alumni
• United States Navy sailors