Grete L. Bibring

Grete L. Bibring
Born January 11, 1899
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died August 10, 1977
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Medical career

Field Psychoanalysis
Institutions Beth Israel Hospital
Harvard Medical School

Grete Lehner Bibring (January 11, 1899[1] – August 10, 1977) was an Austrian-American psychoanalyst who became the first female full professor at Harvard Medical School.

Background

Born in Vienna, Austria, she received her M.D. from the University of Vienna in 1924. She was a "second generation" member of Freudian Scholars,[2] and played a leading role in the integration of psychiatry with general patient care. She, her husband Edward, and their two sons fled Nazi-occupied Vienna in 1938. They traveled to London with Anna and Sigmund Freud. The family emigrated to Boston in 1941. She became a United States citizen in 1946, the same year she joined the faculty of Harvard Medical School.[3] In 1961, Bibring was appointed Harvard Medical School's first female full professor. She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1968.[4] She died August 10, 1977 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

References

  1. "United States Social Security Death Index,". FamilySearch. Retrieved July 29, 2014. Grete Bibring, Aug 1977; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  2. "Grete L. Bibring, M.D.-1899-1977".
  3. Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy, eds. (2000). Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science. Routledge. p. 253. ISBN 0-203-80145-8. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  4. "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 29, 2014.

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