Quick Facts

• NAME: Karen Horney
• OCCUPATION: Academic, Psychologist, Journalist
• BIRTH DATE: September 16, 1885
• DEATH DATE: December 04, 1952
• EDUCATION: University of Freiburg, University of Göttingen, University of Berlin
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Blankenese, Germany
• PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
• Originally: Karen Danielsen

Best Known For

German-born American psychoanalyst Karen Horney, departing from some of Freud’s principles, suggested an environmental and social basis for the personality.