Gregory Zilboorg
Gregory Zilboorg · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Psychoanalyst and historian of psychiatry
1890, Kiev, Russian Empire (now Kyiv, Ukraine) — 1959, New York City, USA
Russian Empire · United States
Gregory Zilboorg is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Psychoanalyst and historian of psychiatry
Gregory Zilboorg was a psychoanalyst and influential historian of psychiatry whose 'A History of Medical Psychology' (1941) became a standard work, and who wrote extensively on suicide and the psychology of crime. He was born into a Jewish family in Kiev and emigrated to the United States after the Russian Revolution; he later converted to Catholicism.
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Psychoanalyst and historian of psychiatry
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology
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