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'''Theodore John "Ted" Kaczynski''' (born May 22, 1942)<ref name=biography.com>[https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/ted-kaczynski Ted Kaczynski] Biography.com.<blockquote>Kaczynski was born on May 22, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois, the oldest child of a Polish-American couple, Wanda and Theodore.</blockquote></ref> was a mathematician and a convicted [[terrorist]] for his campaign of mail bombings.  He is best known by the nickname "Unabomber," and was target of the [[FBI]]'s biggest manhunt in history.  Kaczynski is widely admired by [[anarchist]]s.<ref>[http://anarchistnews.org/?q=node/8567 From Anarchistnews, lauding a book by Kaczynski]</ref>  
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'''Theodore John "Ted" Kaczynski''' (May 22, 1942 - June 10, 2023)<ref name=biography.com>[https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/ted-kaczynski Ted Kaczynski] Biography.com.<blockquote>Kaczynski was born on May 22, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois, the oldest child of a Polish-American couple, Wanda and Theodore.</blockquote></ref> was a mathematician and a convicted [[terrorist]] for his campaign of mail bombings.  He is best known by the nickname "Unabomber," and was target of the [[FBI]]'s biggest manhunt in history.  Kaczynski is widely admired by [[anarchist]]s.<ref>[http://anarchistnews.org/?q=node/8567 From Anarchistnews, lauding a book by Kaczynski]</ref>  
    
Ted Kaczynski, the oldest child of a Polish-American couple, Wanda and Theodore,<ref name=biography.com/> had received his Ph.D. in mathematics from University of Michigan in 1967. His dissertation entitled ''Boundary Functions'' received was judged as the best dissertation of that year, winning him a prize.  From mid-1967 until July 1969 Kaczynski served as an assistant professor at [[UCLA|University of California]] at Berkeley.  In July 1969, Kaczynski resigned his position as assistant professor and moved into the woods of [[Montana]] to live as a hermit.
 
Ted Kaczynski, the oldest child of a Polish-American couple, Wanda and Theodore,<ref name=biography.com/> had received his Ph.D. in mathematics from University of Michigan in 1967. His dissertation entitled ''Boundary Functions'' received was judged as the best dissertation of that year, winning him a prize.  From mid-1967 until July 1969 Kaczynski served as an assistant professor at [[UCLA|University of California]] at Berkeley.  In July 1969, Kaczynski resigned his position as assistant professor and moved into the woods of [[Montana]] to live as a hermit.
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Kyczynski's Manifesto was an early blueprint for the [[Green New Deal]].<ref>https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/the-unabomber-ted-kaczynski-new-generation-of-acolytes.html</ref>
 
Kyczynski's Manifesto was an early blueprint for the [[Green New Deal]].<ref>https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/the-unabomber-ted-kaczynski-new-generation-of-acolytes.html</ref>
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Kyczynski was found dead in his prison cell on June 10, 2023.  He was 81 years old.
    
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