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Dorsey, Issan, 1933-1990

URI(s)

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00046342

Variants

Dorsey, Essan, -1990
Dorsey, Essan, d. 1990
Dorsey, Tommy, 1933-1990

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n00046342

Identifies RWO

Birth Date
Death Date
Birth Place
Field of Activity
Zen monasticism and religious orders

Occupation
Buddhist monks

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++00046342#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

Dorsey, Issan, 1933-1990
Issan Dorsey Label from public data source Wikidata

Earlier Established Forms

Dorsey, Essan, -1990
Dorsey, Essan, d. 1990

Sources

found: Street Zen, 2000:CIP t.p. (Dorsey Issan) galley (b. 1933; d. 1990; Zen Buddhist)

found: Schneider, D. Street Zen, 1993:CIP t.p. (Essan Dorsey) galley (Essan Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, d. 1990)

found: Wikipedia, Apr. 27, 2018(Issan Dorsey; born Tommy Dorsey, Jr.; born March 7, 1933, Santa Barbara, Calif., died September 6, 1990, San Francisco, Calif.; Sōtō Zen monk and teacher, Dharma heir of Zentatsu Richard Baker and onetime abbot of Hartford Street Zen Center (HSZC) located in the Castro district of San Francisco, California. Earlier in his life he had worked as a prostitute and a drag queen, and had struggled at times with drug addiction) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issan_Dorsey

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Scheme Membership(s)

Library of Congress Name Authority File

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Change Notes

2000-01-12: new
2018-11-06: revised

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