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Freud was born as Sigismund Schlomo Freud on May 6, 1856. ... The failure of his father's business forced the Freud family to move from their home in Freiberg, Moravia to Vienna. Freud had seven biological siblings1, yet he often described himself as his mother's special favorite—her "golden-haired Siggie."
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst. Freud was born to Galician Jewish parents in the Moravian town of Freiberg, in the Austrian Empire. He qualified as a doctor of medicine in 1881 at the University of Vienna. Upon completing his habilitation in 1885,
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst. Freud was born to Galician Jewish parents in the Moravian town of Freiberg, in the Austrian Empire