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Franz Alexander
1891Jun, 22

Franz Alexander

Franz Alexander, Hungarian psychoanalyst and physician (d. 1964)
Franz Gabriel Alexander (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.

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