Roland Kuhn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Roland Kuhn

Swiss psychiatrist (1912-2005)

Date of Birth: 04-Mar-1912

Place of Birth: Biel/Bienne, canton of Bern, Switzerland

Date of Death: 10-Oct-2005

Profession: psychiatrist, psychologist, university teacher

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Roland Kuhn (4 March 1912 – 10 October 2005) was a Swiss psychiatrist who discovered that the drug imipramine had antidepressant properties.
He was born in Biel and died in Scherzingen. Kuhn studied medicine in Basel, and moved into psychiatry as a second choice of specialty.
He trained under Jakob Klaesi, the inventor of sleep therapy.