Fredric Wertham
Psychiatrist, Author
1895 – 1981
Who was Fredric Wertham?
Fredric Wertham was a German-born American psychiatrist and crusading author who protested the purportedly harmful effects of violent imagery in mass media and comic books on the development of children. His best-known book was Seduction of the Innocent, which purported that comic books are dangerous to children. Wertham's criticisms of comic books helped spark a U.S. Congressional inquiry into the comic book industry and the creation of the Comics Code. He called television "a school for violence", and said "If I should meet an unruly youngster in a dark alley, I prefer it to be one who has not seen Bonnie and Clyde."
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- Born
- Mar 20, 1895
Munich - Also known as
- Dr. Fredric Wertham
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Würzburg
- Lived in
- Munich
- New York City
- Died
- Nov 18, 1981
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on July 23, 2013
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