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Peter Frank Patrick Watson (born 23 April 1943)[1] is a British intellectual historian and former journalist,[2] now perhaps best known for his work in the history of ideas. His journalistic work includes detailed investigations of auction houses and the international market in stolen antiquities. Watson attended Cheltenham Grammar School.[3] He graduated in Psychology from Durham in 1964.[1][4] He subsequently earned a scholarship to study for a diploma in music at La Sapienza and then completed a doctorate at the University of London.[1] After university Watson trained as a psychologist at the Tavistock Clinic in London under R. D. Laing, but left this profession in the late 1960s after becoming dissatisfied with Freudian theories.[5] Having given up psychology he settled into a career in journalism and edited the first incarnation of Race Today, a journal launched in 1969 by the Institute of Race Relations think-tank.[3] He worked at New Society from 1970 to 1973, eventually serving

Peter Watson (intellectual historian) - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia British intellectual historian (born 1943) Peter Watson Born ( 1943-04-23 ) 23 April 1943 (age 83) Birmingham , England Academic background Alma mater University of London Peter Frank Patrick Watson (born 23 April 1943) [ 1 ] is a British intellectual historian and former journalist, [ 2 ] now perhaps best known for his work in the history of ideas . His journalistic work includes detailed investigations of auction houses and the international market in stolen antiquitie

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