John Perry Barlow | |
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![]() Barlow in August 2012 | |
Born | near Cora, Wyoming, U.S. | October 3, 1947
Died | February 7, 2018 San Francisco, California, U.S. | (aged 70)
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Alma mater | Wesleyan University |
Period | 1971–95 (lyrics) 1990–2018 (essays) |
Subject | Internet (essays) |
John Perry Barlow (October 3, 1947 – February 7, 2018) was an American poet, essayist, cattle rancher, and cyberlibertarian[1] political activist who had been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties. He was also a lyricist for the Grateful Dead, a founding member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Freedom of the Press Foundation, and an early fellow at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.[2]
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