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Aubrey Lewis

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Aubrey Lewis · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Influential psychiatrist who shaped British academic psychiatry

When

1900, Adelaide, Australia — 1975, London, England

Where

Australia · United Kingdom

Biography

Aubrey Lewis is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Influential psychiatrist who shaped British academic psychiatry

How & why

Sir Aubrey Lewis was a psychiatrist who, from the Maudsley Hospital and Institute of Psychiatry in London, shaped modern British academic psychiatry, emphasising rigorous clinical observation and research training. He mentored a generation of influential psychiatrists. Born to a Jewish family in Adelaide, he was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology

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Influential psychiatrist who shaped British academic psychiatry

1900

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology