John Briggs (author)

{{Short description|American academic}}

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John Briggs (born 1945) is an American author and co-author of general audience nonfiction books in the fields of holistic physics; aesthetics in the arts; creativity, creative process, and consciousness studies. {{cn|date=April 2024}} Emeritus Distinguished CSU Professor of Writing and Aesthetics{{cn|date=April 2024}} at Western Connecticut State University,{{cite journal | url=https://digitalcommons.ciis.edu/embraceoftheearth2016/3/ | title=Recovering the Earth Mind | journal=Embrace of the Earth 2016 | date=January 2016 | last1=Briggs | first1=John }} Briggs lives in Granville, Massachusetts, where he has served as a Selectman and a police officer.{{cn|date=April 2024}}