Bernfeld, Siegfried, 1892-1953

Psychoanalyst and biologist. Student and associate of Sigmund Freud.

From the description of Siegfried Bernfeld papers, 1854-1975 (bulk 1930-1953). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979873

Biographical Note

• 1892, May 7: Born, Lvov (Lemburg), Galicia
• 1913: Member, Wiener Psychoanalytischer Vereinigung
• 1913 - 1914 : Coeditor, Der Anfang
• 1914: Published Die Neue Jugend und die Frauen
• 1915: Ph.D., biology and psychology, Vienna, Austria
• 1918 - 1919 : Contributor, Jerubbaal
• 1922 - 1925 : Practicing psychoanalyst under Freud, and instructor, Psychoanalytic Institute, Vienna, Austria
• 1925: Published Psychologie des Säuglings. Wien: J. Springer; published in 1929 as The Psychology of the Infant, translated by Rosetta Hurwitz. New York: Brentano's Published Sisyphos, oder die Grenzen der Erziehung. Leipzig: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag; published in 1973 as Sisyphus; or, the Limits of Education, translated by Frederic Lilge. Berkeley: University of California Press
• 1925 - 1932 : Instructor, Psychoanalytic Institute, Berlin, Germany
• 1930 - 1932 : Personal analysis with Hanns Sachs
• 1932 - 1934 : Training analyst and lecturer, Berlin, Germany
• circa 1934: Married Suzanne Aimée Cassirer Paret (died 1963)
• 1934 - 1936 : Resided in Menton, France
• 1937: Practicing psychoanalyst, London, England
• 1937 - 1953 : Practicing psychoanalyst, lecturer, instructor, and training analyst, San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute and University of California Medical School, San Francisco, Calif.
• 1953, Apr. 2: Died, San Francisco, Calif.

From the guide to the Siegfried Bernfeld Papers, 1854-1975, (bulk 1930-1953), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)