Редактирование: Saul Kent

[[File:Saul_Kent.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|Saul Kent]]
'''Saul Kent''' (July 18, 1939<ref>[https://www.officialusa.com/names/Saul-Kent/ Saul Kent]. officialusa.com</ref><ref>[https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/bill-faloon-and-saul-kent-major-figures-in-cryonics-movement-start-a-church-in-hollywood-6969096?storyPage=2 Bill Faloon and Saul Kent, Major Figures in Cryonics Movement, Start a Church in Hollywood]. Deirdra Funcheon. ''Broward Palm Beach New Times''. May 12, 2015 (page 2). "Faloon, born in 1954 [...]. Saul Kent, 15 years older than Faloon"</ref> – [[legal death]] c. May 26, 2023)<ref name="Alcor list">[https://www.alcor.org/complete-list-of-non-confidential-cryopreserved-alcor-patients/ Complete List of Non-Confidential Cryopreserved Alcor Patients]. alcor.org</ref> was an American [[Life extension|life extensionist]] and [[Cryonics|cryonicist]]. He founded the [[Cryonics Society of New York]] together with Harold Costello, [[Curtis Henderson]], [[James Sutton]], and [[Karl Werner]] in 1965.<ref>[https://www.alcor.org/docs/cryonics-magazine-2009-03.pdf Impressions of Curtis Henderson]. ''[[Cryonics (magazine)|Cryonics]]'' 2009 #3 (page 8 of the file)</ref> With [[Bill Faloon]], Kent founded the [[Biomedical Research and Longevity Society]] (formerly the Life Extension Foundation) and the [[Church of Perpetual Life]].<ref>[https://www.popsci.com/forever-man-immortality-science/ Is there any truth to anti-aging schemes?]. Andrew Zaleski. ''Popular Science''. June 12, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2024</ref> Kent also was a board member of the [[Alcor Life Extension Foundation]].<ref name="JoAnn">[https://www.alcor.org/library/complete-list-of-alcor-cryopreservations/case-summary-a-1151/ Jo Ann Martin (A-1151) becomes Alcor’s 151st patient on May 25, 2017]. alcor.org</ref> As of 2017, he was the chief executive officer of [[Suspended Animation, Inc.]]<ref>[https://www.alcor.org/2017/06/catherine-baldwin-steps-down-as-alcor-director/ Catherine Baldwin Steps Down from the Alcor Board of Directors]. alcor.org. June 19, 2017</ref>

Kent received his B.A. in physical education from Hunter College.<ref>[http://chronopause.com/chronopause.com/index.php/2011/02/08/thus-spake-curtis-henderson-part-2/index.html Thus Spake Curtis Henderson, Part 2]. [[Mike Darwin]]. ''[[Chronosphere]]''. February 8, 2011</ref> He read ''[[The Prospect of Immortality]]'' in June 1964.<ref>[https://www.alcor.org/docs/cryonics-magazine-1983-03.txt The First Cryonicist]. Saul Kent. ''[[Cryonics (magazine)|Cryonics]]'' 1983 #3 (page 10)</ref>

He was interviewed in the ''First Person'' episode "[[I Dismember Mama]]" (2000). During [[Applied Cryobiology – Scientific Symposium on Cryonics 2014]], he was awarded the [[Robert Ettinger]] Medal for his commitment to cryonics over several decades.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211027164204/https://biostase.de/wissenschaft/symposium-2014/ Symposium 2014] (an archived page, in German)</ref> As of 2022, he was a member of the editorial board of the ''[[Cryonics (magazine)|Cryonics]]'' magazine.<ref>https://www.alcor.org/docs/cryonics-magazine-2022-02.pdf (page 2)</ref> Kent also was involved in the [[Timeship]] project.

Kent was [[Cryopreservation|cryopreserved]] by Alcor in May 2023. He was [[Whole-body preservation|whole-body preserved]].<ref name="Alcor list" /> 

== Family ==
Kent's father William Kent died in 1940 when he was 10 months old.<ref>[https://www.lifeextension.com/magazine/1997/9/cover97 Alternative Protocol Book Debuts, Focuses on 100-Plus Illnesses, Treatments]. [[Bill Faloon|William Faloon]]. ''Life Extension''. September 1997</ref><ref>YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BK8kw1uEm8#t=5m45s First Person: I Dismember Mama (S01E03)] (at 5:45)</ref> The cryopreservation of Saul's mother, [[Dora Kent]], caused controversy. His wife, JoAnn Martin, was cryopreserved in May 2017 by Alcor.<ref name="JoAnn" />

== Sources ==
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== External links ==
* Goodreads: [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1206319.Saul_Kent Saul Kent] (books written by Saul Kent)
* Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Kent Saul Kent]
* [https://biostasis.substack.com/p/saul-kent-and-the-science-of-cryopreservation Saul Kent and the Science of Cryopreservation]. [[Brian Wowk]]. ''The Biostasis Standard''. June 15, 2023

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