Edmund Bergler
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Edmund Bergler (/ˈbɛərɡlər/ BAIR-glər, German: [ˈɛtmʊnt ˈbɛʁɡlɐ]; July 20, 1899 – February 6, 1962) was an Austrian-born American psychoanalyst whose books covered such topics as childhood development, mid-life crises, loveless marriages, gambling, self-defeating behaviors, and homosexuality. He has been described as the most important psychoanalytic theorist of homosexuality in the 1950s.[2]
Edmund Bergler | |
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 Edmund Bergler in the Wiener Psychoanalytisches Ambulatorium 1922 (standing at far right) | |
| Born | (1899-07-20)July 20, 1899 |
| Died | February 6, 1962(1962-02-06) (aged 62)[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Psychoanalyst |