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Viktor Frankl

Austrian Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, philosopher and author (1905–1997).

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Viktor Frankl was an Austrian Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, philosopher and author. Born on 26 March 1905 in Vienna, Frankl died on 2 September 1997 in Vienna at the age of 92.

Notable works include Man's Search for Meaning, The Unconscious God and The Doctor and the Soul. Frankl studied at University of Vienna. Honours include Prize of the City of Vienna for Natural Sciences, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art and Oskar Pfister Award, among 14 recorded.

With a Wikipedia article in 81 languages, Viktor Frankl is No. 2,700 in the People and Position Index.

Born: 26 March 1905, Vienna
Died: 2 September 1997, Vienna (aged 92)
Country: Austria
Known as: Psychotherapist, psychologist, psychiatrist
Field: Science
Education: University of Vienna
Languages: Austrian German, German
Children: 1
Wikipedia editions: 81

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Lived to 92.

26 Mar

Shares a birthday with Richard Dawkins and Robert Frost.

502

One of 502 people in the Index born in Vienna, with Erwin Schrödinger.

Has a Wikipedia article in 81 languages.

Computed from the Index and Wikidata.

Connections

Viktor Frankl

SpouseTilly Grosser
ChildGabriele Vesely-Frankl

Honours and works

Awards

Prize of the City of Vienna for Natural Sciences1970
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art1981
Oskar Pfister Award1985
Ehrenpreis des österreichischen Buchhandels für Toleranz in Denken und Handeln1991
Masaryk University Gold Medal1994
Honorary citizen of Vienna1995
Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna
Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Honorary doctor of the University of Vienna
Honorary doctorate of Salzburg University
Honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Lublin
Honorary doctor of the Charles University of Prague
Honorary doctor of the University of Brasília
Kardinal-Innitzer-Preis