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Authorised form of nameFreud; Sigmund (1856 - 1939)
Dates1856 - 1939
NationalityAustrian
Place of birthFreiberg, Moravia [PYbor, Czech Republic - formerly Austrian Empire],
Date of birth06 May 1856
Place of deathLondon
Date of death23/09/1939
Research fieldPsychology
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election25/06/1936
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; ODNB

Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1939-1941 vol 3 pp 247-275, plate, by A G Tansley

References:
R Kenny 'Freud, Jung and Boas: the psychoanalytic engagement with anthropology revisited' in Notes and Records, Vol 69, Issue 2, 20 June 2015

Notes:
Source of birth place is ODNB.
Council Minutes 16 June 1938 item 19 record that 'Authority was given for the Charter Book to be taken to the house of Dr Sigmund Freud (Foreign Member) in order that his signature be made therein'.
CodeNA5093
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1936/20Freud, Sigmund: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/001085Sigmund Freud and others1938
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