Victor frankel biography

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    • Viktor Frankl

    Austrian Holocaust survivor, neurologist, psychologist, philosopher, and author (–)

    Viktor Frankl

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    Born

    Viktor Emil Frankl


    ()26 March

    Vienna, Austria-Hungary

    Died2 September () (aged&#;92)

    Vienna, Austria

    Resting placeVienna Central Cemetery
    Alma&#;materUniversity of Vienna (MD, ; PhD, )
    Occupation(s)neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher, and author
    Known&#;forLogotherapy
    Existential analysis
    Spouse(s)Tilly Grosser, m. – c. – (her death)
    Eleonore Katharina Schwindt, m.
    Children1 daughter

    Viktor Emil Frankl (26 March – 2 September )[1] was an Austrian neurologist, psychologist, philosopher, and Holocaust survivor,[2] who founded logotherapy, a school of psychotherapy that describes a search for a life's meaning as the central human motivational force.[3] Logotherapy is part of existential and humanistic psychology theories.[4]

    Logotherapy was promoted a