Brill, A.A. (Abraham Arden), 1874-1948

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1874-10-12
Death 1948-03-02
Americans,
English, German, Esperanto,

Biographical notes:

Psychiatrist, author, lecturer, and translator of Sigmund Freud.

From the description of A.A. Brill papers, 1888-1994 (bulk 1908-1948). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979877

Biographical Note

1874, Oct. 12 Born, Kanczuga, Austria 1889 Immigrated to the United States 1901 Ph.B., New York University, New York, N.Y. 1903 M.D., College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1903 1907 Assistant physician, New York State Hospital, Central Islip, Long Island, N.Y. 1907 1908 Studied with Pierre Marie in Paris, France, and Eugen Bleuler in Zurich, Switzerland Met Sigmund Freud in Vienna, Austria, and obtained permission to translate his writings into English 1908 Married Kittie Rose Owen (died 1963) Entered private practice in New York, N.Y., the first psychoanalyst to practice in the United States 1908 1914 Clinical assistant, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Vanderbilt Clinic, New York, N.Y. 1909 Translated and published Sigmund Freud's Selected Papers on Hysteria and Other Psychoneuroses. New York: Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease Publishing Co. 1911 Founder and first president, New York Psychoanalytic Society, New York, N.Y. 1912 Published Psychoanalysis, Its Theories and Practical Application. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co. 1919 Major, consultant psychiatrist, Medical Reserve Corps, United States Army 1921 Published Fundamental Conceptions of Psychoanalysis. New York: Harcourt, Brace. 1925 1934 President, New York Psychoanalytic Society, New York, N.Y. 1927 Appointed lecturer, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1943 Delivered the Thomas William Salmon Memorial Lectures, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, N.Y. 1944 Published Freud's Contribution to Psychiatry. New York: W. W. Norton & Co. 1946 Published Lectures on Psychoanalytic Psychiatry. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1948, Mar. 2 Died, New York, N.Y. 1949 Posthumous publication of Basic Principles of Psychoanalysis. New York: Doubleday

From the guide to the A. A. Brill Papers, 1888-1994, (bulk 1908-1948), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Psychoanalysis
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Psychoanalysis

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  • Authors
  • Lecturers
  • Psychiatrists
  • Translator

Places:

  • China (as recorded)
  • China (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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