Robert Ettinger
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Robert Chester Wilson Ettinger (December 4, 1918[1] ā July 23, 2011[2]) was an American academic, known as "the father of cryonics" because of the impact of his 1962 book The Prospect of Immortality.[3][4]
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Born | Robert Chester Wilson Ettinger (1918-12-04)December 4, 1918 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States |
Died | July 23, 2011(2011-07-23) (aged 92) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
Resting place | Patient at the Cryonics Institute |
Education | Teacher for physics and mathematics |
Alma mater | Wayne State University |
Organization(s) | Cryonics Institute, Immortalist Society |
Known for | starting the idea of cryonics |
Notable work | The Penultimate Trump The Prospect of Immortality Man Into Superman Youniverse |
Children | David (1951) Shelley (1954) |
Parent | Rhea Chaloff Ettinger |
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Ettinger founded the Cryonics Institute[5] and the related Immortalist Society and until 2003 served as the groups' president. His body has been cryopreserved, like the bodies of his first and second wives, and his mother.