Hervey M. Cleckley
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Dr. Hervey Milton Cleckley (1903 - January 28, 1984) was an American psychiatrist and pioneer in the field of psychopathy.
Cleckely was born in Augusta, Georgia and graduated from the Academy of Richmond County in 1921. He graduated in 1924 summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens. He was a Rhodes Scholar and graduated from Oxford University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1926.
Cleckly then earned his M.D. from the University of Georgia Medical School (now known as the Medical College of Georgia) in Augusta in 1929 and became professor of psychiatry and neurology at the Medical College of Georgia and the Chief of psychiatry/neurology at University Hospital in Augusta in 1937. In 1955, Cleckley became clinical professor of psychiatry and neurology at the medical college. He was founding chairman of the Department of Psychiatry & Health Behavior at that college as well.
In 1941, Cleckley released a book called The Mask of Sanity: An Attempt to Clarify Some Issues About the So-Called Psychopathic Personality. Later on, Dr. Robert Hare came up with his Psychopathy Checklist to assess the main characteristics of psychopathic behaviour.
In 1956, Cleckley co-authored The Three Faces of Eve with Corbett H. Thigpen, the book serving as the basis for the 1957 film starring Joanne Woodward about Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD).
Other notable professional distinctions of Cleckley include Fellow of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and acting psychiatrist in the trial of Ted Bundy. Cleckley also authored The Caricature of Love: A Discussion of Social, Psychiatric, and Literary Manifestations of Pathologic Sexuality.
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- UGA Rhodes Scholars:1903-1999
- Hervey Cleckley and Corbett Thigpen, Augusta Chronicle, Web posted January 1, 2000
- Introduction to the Cleckley-Thigpen Psychiatric Associates Papers at the University of Georgia Hargrett Manuscript Collection
- Thigpen & Cleckley (1954): A case of multiple personality
- The Journal of the American Medical Association: Books, Journals, New Media, Vol. 283 No. 19, May 17, 2000
- Hervey M. Cleckley, The mask of sanity; an attempt to clarify some issues about the so-called psychopathic personality, fifth edition, copyright 1988, Emily S. Cleckley Scanned facsimile produced for non-profit educational use, ISBN 0-9621519-0-4
- All About Eve, Time Magazine, February 18, 1957
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