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Franz Alexander

Franz Alexander, Hungarian psychoanalyst and physician (died 1964)

Born
June 22, 1891
Died
March 8, 1964
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1891

About Franz Alexander

Franz Gabriel Alexander (Austrian German: [frants ˈɡaːbri̯eːl ˈalɛksandɐ]; born Alexander Ferenc Gábor, Hungarian: [ˈɒlɛksɒndɒr ˈfɛrɛnts ˈɡaːbor]; 22 January 1891 – 8 March 1964) was a Hungarian-American psychoanalyst and physician, who is considered one of the founders of psychosomatic medicine and psychoanalytic criminology. In the early 1920s, Oliver Freud (Sigmund Freud's son) was in analysis with Franz Alexander, while Charles Odier, one of the first among French psychoanalysts, was analysed in Berlin by Franz Alexander as well. It was this type of neurosis that was first described by Alexander under the name of neurotic character'.

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The world when Franz Alexander was born

Franz Alexander was born in 1891. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBasketball invented in Springfield, Massachusetts
  • Top headlineFirst basketball game played (invented by Naismith)
  • Technology milestoneBasketball invented
  • World population~1.51B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderBenjamin Harrison
  • U.S. population64.0M

1891 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Franz Alexander's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18912026
Population64.0M341 million

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