Robert Fliess

Wilhelm Robert Fliess (29 December 1895 – 9 May 1970) was a German-American physician and psychoanalyst. He was the son of Wilhelm Fliess, a controversial otolaryngologist whose pseudoscientific theories influenced Sigmund Freud. He coined the term ambulatory psychosis.[3] He wrote about sexual abuse and hinted that his father had abused him.[4]

Robert Fliess
Born
Wilhelm Robert Fließ[1]

29 December 1895[1][2]
Berlin, Germany[1]
Died9 May 1970(1970-05-09) (aged 74)
Little Compton, Rhode Island, United States
Occupationpsychoanalyst

He immigrated to the United States in 1933 and worked as a physician.[1] His cousin Beate Hermelin was a German-born experimental psychologist, who worked in the UK.

He died of liver cancer in 1970.[5]

Select bibliography
  • Psychoanalytic Series, Volume 1: Erogeneity and Libido : Addenda to the Theory of the Psychosexual Development of the Human
  • Psychoanalytic Series, Volume 2: Ego and Body Ego: Contributions to Their Psychoanalytic Psychology
  • Psychoanalytic Series, Volume 3: Symbol, Dream and Psychosis

References
  1. New York, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794-1940
  2. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
  3. Masson, Jeffrey M. The Assault on Truth: Freud's Suppression of the Seduction Theory Ballantine Books New York 2003 page 141
  4. Masson, Jeffrey M. The Assault on Truth: Freud's Suppression of the Seduction Theory Ballantine Books New York 2003 pages 138-141
  5. Rhode Island, Historical Cemetery Commission Index, 1647-2008
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