Born: 10 September 1897, Germany
Died: 8 December 1978
Country most active: Germany, United States
Also known as: Edith Jacobssohn
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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.