Sherwin Burickson (1934–2004) psychologist, writer, and student of the ideas of

G. I. Gurdjieff George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (; rus, Гео́ргий Ива́нович Гурджи́ев, r=Geórgy Ivánovich Gurdzhíev, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj ɪˈvanəvʲɪd͡ʑ ɡʊrd͡ʐˈʐɨ(j)ɪf; hy, Գեորգի Իվանովիչ Գյուրջիև; c. 1 ...

, was the first Jewish editor of the

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, and the author of ''A Concise Dictionary of Contemporary History'', published in 1959. The dictionary served during the interwar period as a guidebook for the

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around the world. He survived two episodes of acute

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. He finally died of

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. He was survived by his wife Sue (a painter) and two children,

Abraham Burickson Abraham Burickson (born 1975 New York City, New York) is an American poet and conceptual artist. Life Son of Sherwin Burickson, Abraham Burickson attended Cornell University, receiving a BA in architecture. In 2002 he moved to San Francisco ...

and Lily.

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