Smith, Huston
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Name (Latin)
Smith, Huston
Other forms of name
Ismīt, Hūstūn
Date of birth
1919-05-31
Date of death
2016-12-30
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Religions
Occupation
College teachers
Religion historians
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
b. 1919
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Sources of Information
- Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(b. 1919)
- New York times WWW site, viewed Jan. 3, 2017(in obituary published Jan. 1: Huston Smith; b. Huston Cummings Smith, May 31, 1919, Suzhou, China, to Methodist missionaries; d. Friday [Dec. 30, 2016], Berkeley, Calif., aged 97; renowned scholar of religion who pursued his own enlightenment in Methodist churches, Zen monasteries, and even Timothy Leary's living room)
- The illustrated world's religions, 1995, c1994:t.p. (Huston Smith) ; back cover (Authority on the history of religions. Taught at Washington University, MIT, Syracuse University, University of California, Berkeley.)
- His The purposes of higher education, 1955.
- Cleansing the doors of perception, 2000:CIP t.p. (Huston Smith) data sheet (b. May 31, 1919)
- Wikipedia, viewed September 3, 2008Huston Smith (Huston Cummings Smith (born May 31, 1919) is among the preeminent religious studies scholars in the United States)