Henri Ellenberger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henri Ellenberger

Swiss psychiatrist

Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1905

Place of Birth: Southern Rhodesia

Date of Death: 01-May-1993

Profession: psychiatrist, medical historian

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Henri Frédéric Ellenberger (Nalolo, Barotseland, Rhodesia, 6 November 1905 – Quebec, 1 May 1993) was a Canadian psychiatrist, medical historian, and criminologist, sometimes considered the founding historiographer of psychiatry.
Ellenberger is chiefly remembered for The Discovery of the Unconscious, an encyclopedic study of the history of dynamic psychiatry published in 1970.