Gregory Zilboorg
| Cyrillic ( Ukrainian ) | |
|---|---|
| Григорій Зільбург | |
| Transl. : | Hryhorij Zil'burh |
| Transcr. : | Hryhorij Silburh |
| Cyrillic ( Russian ) | |
| Григорий Зильбург | |
| Transl .: | Grigory Zil'burg |
| Transcr .: | Grigori Silburg |
Gregory Zilboorg , (* December 13th July / December 25th 1890 greg. In Kiev , Kiev Governorate , Russian Empire ; † September 17, 1959 in New York , New York USA ) was a Ukrainian- American psychiatrist and historian of psychiatry.
Life
Before the Russian Revolution, Zilboorg studied medicine in Saint Petersburg . In 1917 he worked at the Ministry of Labor for the Provisional Government under its two presidents, Georgi Lwow and Alexander Kerensky . In 1919 Zilboorg emigrated to the USA and continued his medical studies at Columbia University in New York . At that time he was translating various literary works from Russian into English, including the famous dystopian novel We by Yevgeny Zamyatin .
After completing his studies, Zilboorg initially worked at Bloomingdale Hospital (New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division) and a little later founded a psychiatric practice in New York. In the early 1930s he wrote several volumes on the history of psychiatry; these books are still considered crucial in this area. The Medical Man and the Witch During the Renaissance , Zilboorg began in 1935 in the form of a series of lectures at Johns Hopkins University . In 1941 Zilboorg published A History of Medical Psychology and in 1951 Sigmund Freud appeared .
In his practice, Zilboorg has treated numerous famous patients, including George Gershwin , Lillian Hellman , Ralph Ingersoll , Edward MM Warburg, Marshall Field , Kay Swift and James Warburg . The musical Lady in the Dark is probably based on Moss Hart's experience during the analysis at Zilboorg.
In 1919 Zilboorg married Ray Liebow. She gave birth to two children, Nancy and Gregory Jr. In 1946, Zilboorg married Margaret Stone, with whom he had three children (Caroline, John and Matthew).
Literary estate
Zilboorg's extensive records are now in the Beincke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University . This collection contains manuscripts of his publications as well as his personal correspondence with his second wife Margaret.
Publications
Books
- The Medical Man and the Witch During the Renaissance (1935)
- A History of Medical Psychology (1941)
- Sigmund Freud (1951)
- Psychology of the Criminal Act and Punishment (1954)
Translations
- He, the One Who Gets Slapped , by Leonid Andreyev, from the Russian with introduction by Gregory Zilboorg (1921)
- We by Evgeni Zamyatin , from the Russian (1924)
- The Criminal, the Judge and the Public; a Psychological Analysis , by Franz Alexander and Hugo Staub, from the German (1931)
- (together with Bertram D. Lewin) Outline of Clinical Psychoanalysis by Otto Fenichel, from the German (1934)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kurzbiographie Gregory Zilboorg on wnyc.org; accessed on October 3, 2016
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Zilboorg, Gregory |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Зильбург, Григорий (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and historian of psychiatry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiev , Kiev Governorate , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th September 1959 |
| Place of death | New York , New York USA |