Clarence Arthur Tripp Jr. (1919–2003) was an American psychologist, writer, and researcher for Alfred Kinsey.Andy Armitage, Summer 2003. "Gay and Lesbian Humanist: Clarence Arthur Tripp (4 October 1919 – 17 May 2003)" "" Retrieved September 11, 2012.
Born on October 4, 1919, in Denton, Texas, and attended Corsicana High School in May 1938."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. 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."Clarence Tripp, Jr. Made Member Motion Picture Engineers", Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Texas, volume XLII, number 130, April 29, 1940, page 4. 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."Clarence Tripp To be Graduate From Rochester Institute", Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Texas, volume XLIII, number 159, June 3, 1941, page 2. He served in the United States Navy. In February 1943, he took a job at 20th Century Fox in New York City."Takes Position With Film Company", Denton Record-Chronicle, Denton, Texas, volume XLII, number 148, February 3, 1943, page 3.
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.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
Works The Homosexual Matrix () The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln ()
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