Sula Wolff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sula Wolff

British child psychiatrist

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1924

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 21-Sep-2009

Profession: psychiatrist, child psychiatrist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Sulammith (Sula) Wolff FRCP FRCPysch (1 March 1924 – 21 September 2009) was a prominent and pioneering British child psychiatrist.
She was amongst the first in her field to identify and define the characteristics of children on the autistic spectrum and establish the genetic component of the condition.
Her work focused principally on a group of socially withdrawn, eccentric and schizoid children which she followed for over 20 years.In 1996 she translated a landmark paper by Grunya Sukhareva which may be the earliest description of autistic symptoms in children.