Jacobson, Edith

Biographical Note

• 1897, Sept. 10: Born, Haynau, Germany
• 1922: Received medical degree, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
• 1922 - 1925 : Pediatric internship, University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany Internship and residency in internal medicine, Munich University Hospital, Munich, Germany
• 1925 - 1928 : Residencies, Oppenheim Neurological Clinic and Department of Psychiatry, Charité Hospital, Berlin, Germany
• 1925 - 1929 : Psychoanalytical training, Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute, Berlin, Germany
• 1929: Began practice of psychiatry and psychoanalysis, Berlin, Germany
• 1934: Appointed training analyst, Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute, Berlin, Germany
• 1935 - 1938 : Imprisoned by Nazis for refusal to give information on patients to the Gestapo
• 1938: Escaped from Germany and emigrated to the United States
• 1940 - 1977 : Private psychoanalytic practice, New York, N.Y.
• 1942: Appointed training analyst, New York Psychoanalytic Institute, New York, N.Y.; served as member of faculty and on educational committee
• 1964: Published The Self and the Object World. New York: International University Press
• 1971: Published Depression: Comparative Studies of Normal, Neurotic, and Psychotic Conditions. New York: International University Press
• 1978, Dec. 8: Died, Rochester, N.Y.

From the guide to the Edith Jacobson Papers, 1922-1977, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)