Alfred Adler Lifeline and Chronology

Alfred Adler Lifeline and Chronology

Historical Chronology

Henry T. Stein Clinical Archives

Developed by Henry T. Stein

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About This Chart

This information was taken from Edward Hoffman's THE DRIVE FOR SELF: ALFRED ADLER AND THE FOUNDING OF INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY

1868

* Birth of Sigmund Adler (older brother of Alfred)

1870

* Birth of Alfred Adler on February 7th

1871

* Birth of Hermine Adler (sister)

1873

* Birth of Rudolf Adler (brother)

1874

Birth of Irma Adler (sister)
Death of Rudolf Adler

1877

* Birth of Max Adler (brother)

1884

* Birth of Richard Adler (brother)

1888

* Adler begins study at the University of Vienna Medical School

1895

* Adler receives medical degree from the University of Vienna

1897

Adler falls in love with Raissa Timofeivna Epstein
Adler marries Raissa Timofeivna Epstein

1898

Adler sets up private pratice in Vienna
Valentine (daughter) is born
* Adler publishes two articles in Austria's "Medical News Bulletin"
* Adler publishes monograph, Health Book for the Tailor Trade

1901

* Adler's second child, Alexandra, is born

1902

Adler publishes two more articles in "Medical News Bulletin"
Sigmund Freud invites Adler to join the fledgling Wednesday Psychological Society
   (later renamed to Vienna Psychoanalytic Society)

1904

Adler publishes his most important article to date, The Physician as Educator
Adler converts from Judaism to Protestanism
* Birth of Kurt Adler (son)

1905

* Publication of A Study of Organ Inferiority

1909

* Birth of Cornelia (daughter)

1911

Adler is expelled from the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society under Freud's impetus
Adler forms his own group, initially called the Society for Free Psychoanalytic Inquiry

1912

* Publication of The Neurotic Constitution

1913

* Adler renames his group the Society for Individual Psychology

1914

* Publication of Healing and Education, edited by Adler

1916

* Adler is drafted as a military physician for the Austro-Hungarian Empire during
   World War I

1918

* Adler is discharged from military service, begins emphasizing social feeling in his writings

1922

Publication of The Practice and Theory of Individual Psychology
Adler begins setting up educational consulting teams in child guidance for
   Vienna's public schools

1924

* Adler becomes a professor at Vienna's Pedagogical Institute

1927

Publication of Understanding Human Nature
Adler's first lecture-tour of the United States

1928

* Publication of The Case of Miss R: The Interpretation of a Life Story

1929

Adler becomes an adjunct professor at Columbia University, starts to shift base
   of operations from Vienna to New York City
Publication of Individual Psychology in the Schools
* Publication of Problems of Neurosis: A Book of Case Histories
* Publication of The Science of Living
* Publication of Guiding the Child: On the Principles of Individual Psychology,
   edited by Adler

1930

Adler resigns from Columbia University position
Publication of The Education of Children
* Publication of The Pattern of Life
* Publication of The Problem Child: The Life Style of the Difficult Child
   as Analyzed in Specific Cases

1931

* Publication of What Life Should Mean to You

1932

* Adler becomes a professor at the Long Island College of Medicine,
   his first full-time academic position in the United States

1933

Publication of Religion and Individual Psychology
Publication of Social Interest: A Challenge to Mankind

1934

* Austria is taken over by its fascists, and Adler's psycho-educational movement
   is suppressed

1935

Austria is annexed by Hitler's Nazi Germany
Raissa relocates to New York City and resumes living full-time with Adler
* Adler becomes mentor to the young Abraham Maslow

1937

* Death of Alfred Adler on May 28th, Aberdeen, Scotland

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