PSYCHOLOGIST

Frieda Fromm-Reichmann

1889 - 1957

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Frieda Fromm-Reichmann (née Reichmann; October 23, 1889 in Karlsruhe, Germany – April 28, 1957 in Rockville, Maryland) was a German psychiatrist and contemporary of Sigmund Freud who immigrated to America during World War II. She was a pioneer for women in science, specifically within psychology and the treatment of schizophrenia. She is known for coining the now widely debunked term Schizophrenogenic mother. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frieda Fromm-Reichmann has received more than 112,881 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Frieda Fromm-Reichmann is the 156th most popular psychologist (up from 158th in 2019), the 2,823rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,774th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann ranks 156 out of 235. Before her are Fritz Heider, Benjamin Spock, David Ausubel, Jonathan Haidt, Franz Alexander, and Wilfred Bion. After her are Julian Rotter, James J. Gibson, Reuven Feuerstein, Arthur Janov, Edvard Moser, and Arnold Gesell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann ranks 120. Before her are Musidora, Charles Kay Ogden, Lev Karakhan, Ludwig Kübler, Azem Galica, and Henri Pélissier. After her are Otto Deßloch, Vasiliy Ulrikh, Abelardo L. Rodríguez, Lev Mekhlis, Ernst Reuter, and Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg. Among people deceased in 1957, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann ranks 104. Before her are Valery Larbaud, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Charles Pathé, Musidora, Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and Charles Kay Ogden. After her are Halil Kut, Karl Genzken, Abolqasem Lahouti, Bertha Krupp, José Linhares, and Marija Jurić Zagorka.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann ranks 2,823 out of 7,253. Before her are Adam Kraft (1450), Hermann von Fehling (1812), August Heissmeyer (1897), Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744), Eugen Fischer (1874), and Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken (1385). After her are Gerhard Gentzen (1909), Franz Lachner (1803), Otto Deßloch (1889), Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1832), Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1622), and Waldemar Cierpinski (1950).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Germany

Among psychologists born in Germany, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann ranks 19. Before her are William Stern (1871), Rudolf Arnheim (1904), Marie-Louise von Franz (1915), Adolf Bastian (1826), Ulric Neisser (1928), and Johannes Heinrich Schultz (1884). After her are Charlotte Bühler (1893), Laura Perls (1905), Uta Frith (1941), and Hans-Werner Gessmann (1950).

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