Richard Maurice Bucke
Canadian psychiatrist (1837–1902) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Canadian psychiatrist. For the Colonial Virginia minister, see Richard Buck (chaplain). For the modern British sprinter, see Richard Buck.
Richard Maurice Bucke (18 March 1837 – 19 February 1902), often called Maurice Bucke, was a Canadian psychiatrist in the late 19th century. An adventurer during his youth, Bucke later studied medicine. Eventually, as a psychiatrist, he headed the provincial Asylum for the Insane in London, Ontario. Bucke was a friend of several noted men of letters in Canada, the United States, and England.[1] Besides publishing professional articles, Bucke wrote three non-fiction books: Man's Moral Nature, Walt Whitman, and Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind, which is his best-known work.