Wertham, Fredric, 1895-1981

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Wertham, Frederic 1895-

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Wertheimer, Frederick Ignace 1895-1981

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Wertheimer, F. I. Frederick Ignace

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Wertheimer, F. I. Frederick Ignace (1895-1981),

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Wertheimer, F. I. 1895-1981 (Frederick Ignace),

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1895-03-20

1895-03-20

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From the description of Fredric Wertham papers, 1818-1986 (bulk 1945-1975). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983190

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From the description of Papers, 1818-1986 (bulk 1945-1975). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 31816483

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1895, Mar. 20 Born, Friedrich Ignatz Wertheimer to Sigmund and Mathilde Wertheimer, Nuremberg, Germany 1914 1921 Pursued medical studies, London University, the Universities of Erlangen, Munich, and Würzburg, Germany 1921 M.D., University of Würzburg Postgraduate study, the universities of Paris, France, and Vienna, Austria 1922 Appointed staff member, Kraepelin Clinic, Munich, Germany Visited Sigmund Freud at the request of Walter Lippmann to see if Freud would write an article on psychoanalysis for Saturday Review. Freud declined. Immigrated to the United States; accepted a position at Phipps Psychiatric Clinic, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. 1926 Published with Florence Hesketh Significance of the Physical Constitution in Mental Illness. New York: Arno Press 1927 Changed name to Fredric Wertham Married Florence Hesketh 1932 Appointed senior psychiatrist at Bellevue Mental Hygiene Clinic, New York, N.Y. 1934 Published Brain As an Organ. New York: MacMillan Co. 1936 Appointed director of Bellevue Mental Hygiene Clinic (later Bellevue Hospital), New York, N.Y. 1937 Developed theory of catathymic crisis 1940 Appointed director of psychiatric services, Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, N.Y. 1941 Published Dark Legend: A Study in Murder. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce 1946 Opened Lafargue Clinic, a psychiatric clinic for African Americans, in Harlem, New York, N.Y. 1947 Published World Within: Illuminating the Neuroses of Our Time. New York: McGraw-Hill (edited by Mary Louise Aswell, with introduction and analyses by Wertham) Opened Quaker Emergency Service Readjustment Center for sexually maladjusted individuals, New York, N.Y. 1949 Published Show of Violence. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Co. 1953 Developed theory of linear dyslexia 1954 Published Seduction of the Innocent. New York: Rinehart and Co. Testified before Senate Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency regarding comic books and violence (Kefauver hearings) 1955 Published Circle of Guilt. New York: Rinehart and Co. 1963 Consulted with Alfred Hitchcock on violence depicted in the mass media 1966 Published Sign for Cain. New York: MacMillan Co. 1971 Received Sigmund Freud award from the American Society of Psychoanalytic Physicians 1973 Published The World of Fanzines. Carbondale and Edwardsville, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press 1981, Nov. 18 Died, Bluehills Farm, Kempton, Pa. From the guide to the Fredric Wertham Papers, 1818-1986, (bulk 1945-1975), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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