Laing
[lang] /læŋ/
noun
1.
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
/leɪŋ/
noun
1.
R(onald) D(avid). 1927–89, Scottish psychiatrist; his best known books include The Divided Self (1960), The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise (1967), and Knots (1970)
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