John Parricelli · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1947-10-03 ) October 3, 1947, near Cora, Wyoming , U.S.
- Died
- February 7, 2018 (2018-02-07) (aged 70), San Francisco , California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Lyricist essayist
- Alma mater
- Wesleyan University
- Period
- 1971–95 (lyrics), 1990–2018 (essays)
- Subject
- Internet (essays)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Barlow
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Sublette County
- Place of death
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- lyricist
- Employer
- European Graduate School
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
- Movement
- libertarian socialism
- Official website
- homes.eff.org/~barlow
- Image
- John Perry Barlow 2012.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- John Perry Barlow
- date of birth
- 1947-10-03
- date of death
- 2018-02-07
- name in native language
- John Perry Barlow
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- social media followers
- 47950
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Sources (7)
via Wikidata · CC0
~40 min read
Encyclopedic overview
John Perry Barlow (October 3, 1947 – February 7, 2018) was an American poet, essayist, cattle rancher, and cyberlibertarian political activist. 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.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Perry Barlow” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.