Pioneer of child psychoanalysis. Born Vienna, the sixth and last child of Sigmund. Was on holiday in England in 1914 when war was declared and she had to return home. After nursing her father in his last months she continued to live in Maresfield Gardens, with her mother. There she continued working with her long-term partner, Dorothy Burlingham. The picture source website discusses their relationship and relates the effect their theories had on Burlingham's children. See Sigmund's entry for more information.
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Anna Freud
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Anna Freud
Anna Freud, 1895 - 1982, pioneer of child psychoanalysis, lived here 1938 - 1...
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Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital
The wonderful Lost Hospitals of London provides information: The Royal Westminster Infirmary for the Cure of Diseases of the Eye was founded by George James Guthrie (1785-1856). Clinics were initi...
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Michael Balint
Psychoanalyst. Born Mihály Maurice Bergsmann in Budapest. He worked in Berlin before returning to Hungary. In the 1930s the political conditions forced him to move to Britain, settling in Mancheste...
1 memorial
Joseph Lister
Born in Upton, Essex. Died in Walmer, Kent. Pioneer in the use of antiseptics in surgery. The medical historian, Ruth Richardson, has an interesting piece in the Lancet reporting on how Agnes his w...
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Joseph Merrick / John Merrick
"The Elephant Man". Born Leicester. Began to develop severe abnormalities within a few years. By aged 17 his mother had died, his father and step-mother had rejected him, and failing to find a job,...
1 memorial
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