Jan Ehrenwald
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BornMarch 13, 1900
DiedJune 15, 1988 (aged 88)
AlmamaterUniversity of Prague
KnownforWork on parapsychology, extrasensory perception, and psychoanalysis
Jan Ehrenwald | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 13, 1900 |
| Died | June 15, 1988 (aged 88) |
| Alma mater | University of Prague |
| Known for | Work on parapsychology, extrasensory perception, and psychoanalysis |
| Notable work | Telepathy and Medical Psychology (1948) From Medicine Man to Freud (1956) The ESP Experience: A Psychiatric Validation (1978) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychiatry, psychotherapy, parapsychology |
| Institutions | University of Vienna University Hospital of Brooklyn at Long Island College Hospital State University of New York |
Jan Ehrenwald (13 March 1900 – 15 June 1988) was a Czech-American psychiatrist and psychotherapist, most known for his work in the field of parapsychology.[1] His work largely focused on extrasensory perception and its supposed implications for psychoanalysis.[2]
Ehrenwald studied medicine at the University of Prague. He taught psychiatry at the University of Vienna (1927–1931), University Hospital of Brooklyn at Long Island College Hospital (1948–1950) and State University of New York (1950–1953). He was a member of the Society for Psychical Research and was a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine.[3]
