Quick Facts

• NAME: Erich Fromm
• OCCUPATION: Psychiatrist, Academic Author
• BIRTH DATE: March 23, 1900
• DEATH DATE: March 18, 1980
• EDUCATION: University of Heidelberg, University of Munich, Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• PLACE OF DEATH: Muralto, Switzerland

Best Known For

Psychoanalyst Erich Fromm studied the effect of society on the human psyche in such works as To Have or to Be and Escape from Freedom.