Gerald Heard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gerald Heard

British writer and academic

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1889

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 14-Aug-1971

Profession: writer, author, novelist, science fiction writer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Henry FitzGerald Heard (6 October 1889 – 14 August 1971), commonly called Gerald Heard, was a British-born American historian, science writer, public lecturer, educator, and philosopher.
He wrote many articles and over 35 books. Heard was a guide and mentor to numerous well-known Americans, including Henry Luce and Clare Boothe Luce, and Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, in the 1950s and 1960s.
His work was a forerunner of, and influence on, the consciousness development movement that has spread in the Western world since the 1960s.