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Born | 11 August 1889 Morningside, Edinburgh, Scotland |
Died | 31 December 1964 Edinburgh, Scotland | (aged 75)
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Psychoanalysis |
Institutions | University of Edinburgh |
Main interests | Psychoanalysis |
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William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn (/ˈfɛərbɛərn/) FRSE (11 August 1889 – 31 December 1964) was a Scottish psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and a central figure in the development of the Object Relations Theory of psychoanalysis.[1] He was generally known and referred to as "W. Ronald D. Fairbairn".[2][3][4]
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