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Leo Kanner
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Jewish-American physician and psychiatrist (1894-1981)
OverviewAI-generated
Leo Kanner was a male psychiatrist, scientist, and physician who held United States and Ukrainian citizenship. He was educated at Johns Hopkins University and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, where he earned a Doctor of Medicine degree. His professional career included employment at Johns Hopkins University, and his field of work was psychiatry. He spoke English and German.
Kanner authored nine works, including *Childhood psychosis: initial studies and new insights*, *History of the Care and Study of the Mentally Retard*, *A history of the care and study of the mentally retarded*, *Judging emotions from facial expressions*, and *A miniature textbook of feeblemindedness*. He was born in Klekotiv on June 13, 1894, and died in Sykesville on April 3, 1981.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1894
- Died
- 1981
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Childhood psychosis: initial studies and new insights
- History of the Care and Study of the Mentally Retard
- A history of the care and study of the mentally retarded
- Judging emotions from facial expressions
- A miniature textbook of feeblemindedness
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Key facts
- Born
- Chaskel Leib Kanner , ( 1894-06-13 ) June 13, 1894, Klekotów , Austro-Hungary
- Died
- April 3, 1981 (1981-04-03) (aged 86), Sykesville, Maryland , United States
- Profession
- Physician
- Field
- Psychiatry
- Institutions
- Johns Hopkins Hospital , Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Sub specialties
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Research
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Notable works
- Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact (1943)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Leo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
- Place of birth
- Klekotiv
- Place of death
- Sykesville
- Occupation
- physician
- Educated at
- Johns Hopkins University
- Employer
- Johns Hopkins University
- Languages spoken
- German
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Medicine
- Image
- Leo-Kanner.jpeg
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- date of death
- 1981-04-03
- date of birth
- 1894-06-13
- name in native language
- Leo Kanner
- Commons category
- Leo Kanner
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Encyclopedic overview
Leo Kanner (/ˈkænər/; born Chaskel Leib Kanner, German: [ˈkanɐ]; June 13, 1894 – April 3, 1981) was an Austrian-American psychiatrist, physician, and social activist best known for his work related to infantile autism. Before working at the Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Kanner practiced as a physician in Germany and South Dakota. In 1943, Kanner published his landmark paper Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact, describing 11 children who displayed "a powerful desire for aloneness" and "an obsessive insistence on persistent sameness." He named their condition "early infantile autism". Kanner was in charge of developing the first child psychiatry clinic in the United States and later served as the Chief of Child Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is one of the co-founders of The Children's Guild, a nonprofit organization serving children, families and child-serving organizations throughout Maryland and Washington, D.C., and dedicated to "Transforming how America Cares for and Educates its Children and Youth." He is widely considered one of the most influential American psychiatrists of the 20th century.
Biography
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