Ludwig Binswanger

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1881 – 1966

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Who was Ludwig Binswanger?

Ludwig Binswanger was a Swiss psychiatrist and pioneer in the field of existential psychology. His grandfather was founder of the "Bellevue Sanatorium" in Kreuzlingen, and his uncle Otto Binswanger was a professor of psychiatry at the University of Jena.

He is considered the most distinguished of the phenomenological psychologists, and the most influential in making the concepts of existential psychology known in Europe and the United States.

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Born
Apr 13, 1881
Kreuzlingen
Also known as
  • Бинсвангер, Людвиг
Nationality
  • Switzerland
Education
  • University of Zurich
Died
Feb 5, 1966
Kreuzlingen

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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