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Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud, by Max Halberstadt, 1921
Personal information
Birth nameSigismund Schlomo Freud
Birth date06 May 1856
Birth placeFreiberg in Mähren, Moravia, Austrian Empire (now the Czech Republic)
Death date23 September 1939(age 83)
Death placeLondon, England, UK
ResidenceAustria, UK
NationalityAustrian
FieldsNeurology
Psychiatry
Psychology
Psychotherapy
Psychoanalysis
InstitutionsUniversity of Vienna
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Known forPsychoanalysis
InfluencesBreuer, Charcot, Darwin, Dostoyevsky, Goethe, Haeckel, Hartmann, Jackson, Kant, Mayer, Nietzsche, Shakespeare, Schopenhauer, Sophocles, J.P. Jacobsen
InfluencedJohn Bowlby
Viktor Frankl
Anna Freud
Arthur Janov
Ernest Jones
Carl Jung
Melanie Klein
Jacques Lacan
Fritz Perls
Otto Rank
Wilhelm Reich
Notable awardsGoethe Prize

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Sigmund Freud (-deˈziːɡmʊnt ˈfʁɔʏt), born Sigismund Schlomo Freud (6 May 1856 � 23 September 1939), was an Austrian neurologist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychiatry. Freud is best known for his theories of the unconscious mind and the defense mechanism of repression, and for creating the clinical practice of psychoanalysis for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient, technically referred to as an "analysand", and a psychoanalyst. Freud redefined sexual desire as the primary motivational energy of human life, developed therapeutic techniques such as the use of free association, created the theory of transference in the therapeutic relationship, and interpreted dreams as sources of insight into unconscious desires. He was an early neurological researcher into cerebral palsy, and a prolific essayist, drawing on psychoanalysis to contribute to the history, interpretation and critique of culture.

While many of Freud's ideas have fallen out of favor or been modified by other analysts, and modern advances in the field of psychology have shown flaws in some of his theories, his work remains influential in clinical approaches, and in the humanities and social sciences. He is considered one of the most prominent thinkers of the 20th century, in terms of originality and intellectual influence.

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Preceded by
Patrick Hastings
Cover of Time Magazine
27 October 1924
Succeeded by
Thomas Lipton



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