Franz Polgar

Psychologist, Deceased Person

1900 – 1979

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Who was Franz Polgar?

Dr. Franz Polgar was a renowned psychologist, hypnotist, lecturer and entertainer. Born in city of Enying, Hungary, he earned a PhD in Psychology from the University of Budapest.

In his 1951 autobiography Polgar claimed that he had served as Sigmund Freud's "medical hypnotist" in 1924 and had worked in close association with Freud for six months and had assisted in the treatment of Freud's patients. In 1982, Gravitz and Gerton investigated this claim and determined that it had no foundation.

He immigrated to the United States in 1935 and honed his hypnotism skills by working in speakeasy bars in New York city. He married his wife, Lillian, in 1938 and she became his booking and publications manager.

During the early days of television, and soon after an early 1949 appearance at the Newburgh Free Academy in Newburgh, New York, in which he claimed to have induced a student, Donald A. Romano, into a trance, Dr. Polgar had a 15-minute show on the CBS station in New York City. Most of his entertaining was done in colleges, universities, and resorts.

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Born
Apr 18, 1900
Nationality
  • Hungary
Profession
Education
  • Eötvös Loránd University
Died
1979

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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