Ernest Jones

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1879 – 1958

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Who was Ernest Jones?

Alfred Ernest Jones was a British neurologist and psychoanalyst, and Sigmund Freud's official biographer. Jones was the first English-speaking practitioner of psychoanalysis and became its leading exponent in the English-speaking world where, as President of both the British Psycho-Analytical Society and the International Psychoanalytic Association in the 1920s and 1930s, he exercised a formative influence in the establishment of its organisations, institutions and publications.

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Born
Jan 1, 1879
Glamorgan
Also known as
  • Alfred Ernest Jones
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Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • University College London
  • Bishop Gore School
  • Cardiff University
Died
Feb 11, 1958
London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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