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Alfred Kinsey

Alfred KinseyAKA Alfred Charles Kinsey

Born: 23-Jun-1894
Birthplace: Hoboken, NJ
Died: 25-Aug-1956
Location of death: Bloomington, IN
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Buried, Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, IN

Gender: Male
Religion: Atheist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Matter of Dispute [1]
Occupation: Scientist, Educator

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Sexual Behavior in the Human Male


[1] Despite the claims of bisexuality and S&M practice by people like Focus on the Family and Judith Reisman, according to the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University it is only speculation that links Kinsey to a homosexual affair with his purported lover Ralph Voris. They remain agnostic about his personal orientation. Shand-Tucci also indicates that Kinsey was likely bisexual.

Father: Alfred Seguine Kinsey (engineering teacher)
Wife: Clara Bracken McMillen Kinsey (former student, m. 3-Jun-1921)
Son: Donald (b. 1922, d. 1925, diabetes)
Daughter: Anne (b. 1924)
Daughter: Joan (b. 1925)
Son: Bruce Kinsey (b. 1928)

    High School: Columbia High School, Maplewood, NJ (1912)
    University: BS Biology and Psychology, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME (1916)
    University: Sc.D. Biology, Harvard University (1919)
    Professor: Kinsey Institute, Indiana University Bloomington

    Boy Scouts of America age 16
    Young Men's Christian Association
    Phi Beta Kappa Society
    Eagle Scout 1913
    Converted to Atheism formerly Methodist
    Heart Attack Aug-1956
    Risk Factors: Depression

Appears on the cover of:
Time, 24-Aug-1953, DETAILS: Reflections in the Mirror of Venus

Author of books:
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948, nonfiction)
Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953, nonfiction)
An Introduction to Biology (1926, nonfiction)


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