Clarence Arthur Tripp Jr. (1919–2003) was an American

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, writer, and researcher for

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.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

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, and attended Corsicana High School in May 1938. He studied at the

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in New York City and in 1940, he became a member of the

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. 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. He served in the

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. In February 1943, he took a job at

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in New York City. Tripp worked with Kinsey at the

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, from 1948 to 1956. He earned a PhD in

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from

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. Tripp drew attention with a book, published

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, 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 Homosexual Matrix'' is a book by American psychologist Clarence Arthur Tripp, in which the author discusses the biological and sociological implications of homosexuality, and also attempts to explain heterosexuality and bisexuality. The bo ...

'' () *''The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln'' ()

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