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Amanda Feilding

アマンダ・フェイルディング　/　あまんだ・ふぇいるでぃんぐ

Artist

January 30, 1943 (age 83)

artist
scientist
film director

My Take

Amanda Feilding is one of those figures who is impossible to file under a single label, and I find that genuinely compelling. An English aristocrat who became an artist, then spent decades as a relentless drug-policy reformer and research backer. Founding the Beckley Foundation in 1998 to push serious neuroscience on psychedelics was, frankly, ahead of its time, and a lot of today's clinical research owes her a debt. Her early film work titled Heartbeat in the Brain is not for the faint of heart, but it fits the pattern of someone willing to put herself on the line for her convictions. I respect that single-mindedness, even where it unsettles.

Overview

Amanda Claire Marian Charteris, Countess of Wemyss and March (née Feilding; 30 January 1943 – 22 May 2025) was an English drug policy reformer, lobbyist, and research coordinator. In 1998, she founded the Foundation to Further Consciousness, later renamed to the Beckley Foundation, a charitable trust which initiates, directs, and supports neuroscientific and clinical research into the effects of psychoactive substanc…

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1. Profile

Name (English): Amanda Feilding
Name (Japanese): アマンダ・フェイルディング
Reading: あまんだ・ふぇいるでぃんぐ
Born: January 30, 1943 (age 83)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Goat
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: artist / scientist / film director / aristocrat / social activist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

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5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	Heartbeat in the Brain	—
Notable work	Beckley Foundation	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0

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