Federn, Paul

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Birth 1871-10-13
Death 1950-05-04
Austrians,
German,

Biographical notes:

New York psychoanalyst.

From the description of Correspondence with Margaret Naumburg, 1947. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 63585649

Biographical Note

1871, Oct. 13 Born, Vienna, Austria 1895 Graduated, Medical School, University of Vienna, Austria 1895 1902 Internship, General Hospital, Vienna, Austria 1902 Established practice specializing in internal medicine Introduced to Sigmund Freud 1904 Joined the inner circle of Sigmund Freud as an adherent of psychoanalysis 1905 Married Wilma Bauer (died 1949) 1908 Helped organize Vienna Psychoanalytic Society; named comptroller of the society 1914 Traveled to New York, N.Y., to treat a patient, lecture, and tour 1914 1918 Served as a doctor in the Austrian army 1924 Elected vice president of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society; became personal deputy to Sigmund Freud 1926 Selected as coeditor of Internationale Zeitschrift für Psychoanalyse 1938 Emigrated from Vienna, Austria, and settled in New York, N.Y. 1940 Developed concept of "ego diseases" 1944 Expanded concepts of "dream phenomenon" and the "dreaming ego" 1946 Granted a license to practice medicine in New York 1950, May 4 Died, New York, N.Y. 1952 Posthumous publication of Ego Psychology and the Psychoses, edited with an introduction by Edoardo Weiss (New York: Basic Books. 375 pp.)

From the guide to the Paul Federn Papers, 1864-1975, (bulk 1895-1950), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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