John Gordon Clark
John Gordon Clark | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1926 |
| Died | 1999 |
| Alma mater | Harvard Medical School, M.D. Macalester College, B.S. |
| Known for | research on cults |
| Awards | Psychiatrist of the Year, Psychiatric Times, 1991 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | psychiatry |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
John 'Jack' Gordon Clark (1926–1999) was a Harvard psychiatrist known for his research on the alleged damaging effects of cults.
He was the target of harassment from the Church of Scientology after he testified against it to the Vermont legislature in 1976.
The Psychiatric Times, when naming him 1991 psychiatrist of the year, described him as "a quiet, courageous man of conviction, who was fighting an all-too-lonely and unappreciated battle against well-financed, ruthless organizations."