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Bruno Bettelheim

Bruno Bettelheim (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}German: ; August 28, 1903 – March 13, 1990) was an Austrian-born American scholar, public intellectual and writer who spent most of his…

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Known for
Autism research (refrigerator mother theory) The Uses of Enchantment
Alma mater
University of Vienna
Born
(1903-08-28)August 28, 1903 Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died
March 13, 1990(1990-03-13) (aged 86) Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Doctoral students
Benjamin Drake Wright
Fields
Child psychology

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related to Critical reviews of Bettelheim (works and person) · 172
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related to background · 13
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Alma mater · 1
Bruno Bettelheim → University of Vienna
Born · 1
Bruno Bettelheim → (1903-08-28)August 28, 1903 Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died · 1
Bruno Bettelheim → March 13, 1990(1990-03-13) (aged 86) Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Doctoral students · 1
Bruno Bettelheim → Benjamin Drake Wright
Fields · 1
Bruno Bettelheim → Child psychology

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Bruno BettelheimAlma materUniversity of Vienna1.00infobox
Bruno BettelheimBorn(1903-08-28)August 28, 1903 Vienna, Austria-Hungary1.00infobox
Bruno BettelheimDiedMarch 13, 1990(1990-03-13) (aged 86) Silver Spring, Maryland, United States1.00infobox
Bruno BettelheimDoctoral studentsBenjamin Drake Wright1.00infobox
Bruno BettelheimFieldsChild psychology1.00infobox
Bruno BettelheimKnown forAutism research (refrigerator mother theory) The Uses of Enchantment1.00infobox
Bruno BettelheimSpouse(s)Gina Alstadt (1930–?; divorced) Gertrude Weinfeld (1941–1984; 3 children)1.00infobox
Bruno BettelheimWorkplacesUniversity of Chicago Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School Stanford University1.00infobox
Bernard Rimland challenged Bettelheim's view of autism by arguing that autism is a neurodevelopmental issueinstance ofScientists0.80text
Bruno Bettelheimrelated to backgroundVienna0.60section
Bruno Bettelheimrelated to backgroundAustria-Hungary0.60section
Bruno Bettelheimrelated to backgroundAugust0.60section

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