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Ted Kaczynski
Kaczynski after his arrest in 1996
Born
Theodore John Kaczynski
(1942-05-22)May 22, 1942
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died
June 10, 2023(2023-06-10) (aged 81)
Durham, North Carolina, U.S.
Other names
Unabomber
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Education
Harvard University (BA)
University of Michigan (MA, PhD)
Occupation
Mathematics professor
Notable work
Industrial Society and Its Future (1995)
Relatives
David Kaczynski (brother)
Awards
Sumner B. Myers Prize (1967)
Conviction(s)
10 counts of transportation, mailing, and use of bombs; three counts of first-degree murder
Criminal penalty
8 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole
Details
Span of crimes
1978–1995
Killed
3
Injured
23
Date apprehended
April 3, 1996
Scientific career
Fields
Complex analysis
Institutions
University of Michigan
University of California, Berkeley
Thesis
Boundary Functions(1967)
Doctoral advisor
Allen Shields
Other academic advisors
George Piranian
Signature
Theodore John Kaczynski (/kəˈzɪnski/ⓘkə-ZIN-skee; May 22, 1942 – June 10, 2023), also known as the Unabomber (/ˈjuːnəbɒmər/ⓘYOO-nə-bom-ər), was an American mathematician and domestic terrorist.[1][2] He was a mathematics prodigy, but abandoned his academic career in 1969 to pursue a primitive lifestyle.
Between 1978 and 1995, Kaczynski murdered three individuals and injured 23 others in a nationwide mail bombing campaign against people he believed to be advancing modern technology and the destruction of the natural environment. He authored Industrial Society and Its Future, a 35,000-word manifesto and social critique opposing industrialization, rejecting leftism, and advocating for a nature-centered form of anarchism.[3]
In 1971, Kaczynski moved to a remote cabin without electricity or running water near Lincoln, Montana, where he lived as a recluse while learning survival skills to become self-sufficient. After witnessing the destruction of the wilderness surrounding his cabin, he concluded that living in nature was becoming impossible and resolved to fight industrialization and its destruction of nature through terrorism. In 1979, Kaczynski became the subject of what was, by the time of his arrest in 1996, the longest and most expensive investigation in the history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FBI used the case identifier UNABOM (University and Airline Bomber) before his identity was known, resulting in the media naming him the "Unabomber".
In 1995, Kaczynski sent a letter to The New York Times promising to "desist from terrorism" if The Times or The Washington Post published his manifesto, in which he argued that his bombings were extreme but necessary in attracting attention to the erosion of human freedom and dignity by modern technologies.[4] The FBI and U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno pushed for the publication of the essay, which appeared in The Washington Post in September 1995. Upon reading it, Kaczynski's brother, David, recognized the prose style and reported his suspicions to the FBI. After his arrest in 1996, Kaczynski—maintaining that he was sane—tried and failed to dismiss his court-appointed lawyers because they wished him to plead insanity to avoid the death penalty. He pleaded guilty to all charges in 1998 and was sentenced to eight consecutive life terms in prison without the possibility of parole. In June 2023, Kaczynski died by suicide in prison.[5][6]
^Mahan & Griset (2008), p. 132.
^Haberfeld & von Hassell (2009), p. 40.
^Gautney (2010), p. 199.
^Cite error: The named reference desist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Thrush, Glenn (June 11, 2023). "Kaczynski Died by Suicide, Prompting Questions of Prison Security". The New York Times. p. A20. Archived from the original on June 10, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
^Sisak, Michael R.; Balsamo, Mike; Offenhartz, Jake (June 11, 2023). "'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski died by suicide in prison medical center, AP sources say". Associated Press. Archived from the original on June 12, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
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