Else Frenkel-Brunswik, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Else Frenkel-Brunswik

Polish-Austrian psychologist

Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1908

Place of Birth: Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 31-Mar-1958

Profession: psychologist

Nationality: United States, Austria

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Else Frenkel-Brunswik (August 18, 1908 in Lemberg – March 31, 1958 in Berkeley, California, USA) was a Polish-Austrian Jewish psychologist.
She was forced to leave Poland and later Austria as a result of anti-Jewish persecution.
She is best known for her contributions to The Authoritarian Personality (1950), her collaboration with Theodor W.
Adorno, Daniel Levinson, and Nevitt Sanford.
It is considered a milestone work in personality theory and social psychology.