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| | [[Image:freud-thumb.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Sigmund Freud in his study]] | | [[Image:freud-thumb.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Sigmund Freud in his study]] |
| − | '''Sigmund Freud''' (1856–1939) was the founder of [[psychoanalysis]], an [[atheist]] and [[scientist]]. Because of the groundbreaking nature of most of his theory, Freud remains influential in the field of psychology, literary studies and history. | + | '''Sigmund Freud''' (May 6th, 1856 - September 23rd, 1939) was the founder of [[psychoanalysis]], an [[atheist]] and [[scientist]]. Because of the groundbreaking nature of most of his theory, Freud remains influential in the field of psychology, literary studies and history. |
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| | [[Jewish]] by birth, in 1938 he fled [[Vienna]] and persecution by the [[Nazi]]s to North [[London]], [[England]], where he lived until his death in 1939. Sigmund Freud died of maxillary [[cancer]] at the age of 82 due to cigar smoking. | | [[Jewish]] by birth, in 1938 he fled [[Vienna]] and persecution by the [[Nazi]]s to North [[London]], [[England]], where he lived until his death in 1939. Sigmund Freud died of maxillary [[cancer]] at the age of 82 due to cigar smoking. |
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| | + | ==Early Life== |
| | + | Born on May 6th, 1856 as '''Sigismund Schlomo Freud'''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=CkYxpgNybv0C&pg=PA11 Sigmund Freud: Explorer of the Unconscious]</ref> to Amalia and Jacob Freud. |
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| | == Religious studies== | | == Religious studies== |
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| | ==World War II== | | ==World War II== |
| | In order to prevent [[Nazis]] from banning psychoanalysis as "Jewish science", Sigmund Freud thought he needed a non-Jewish spokesperson for the psychoanalysis movement. He choose [[Carl Jung]], an early supporter who later partially diverged from Freud's [[psychiatric]] theories. | | In order to prevent [[Nazis]] from banning psychoanalysis as "Jewish science", Sigmund Freud thought he needed a non-Jewish spokesperson for the psychoanalysis movement. He choose [[Carl Jung]], an early supporter who later partially diverged from Freud's [[psychiatric]] theories. |
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| | + | ==Death== |
| | + | Freud passed away on September 23rd, 1939, at the age of 83.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=9duCAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA29 Sigmund Freud]</ref> |
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| | == See also == | | == See also == |
| − | *[[Anna Freud]] | + | * [[Anna Freud]] |
| | + | * [[Edward Bernays]], nephew |
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| | == External links == | | == External links == |