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Walter Jackson Freeman II

American physician
Walter Jackson Freeman II was an American physician who specialized in lobotomy. Wanting to simplify lobotomies so that it could be carried out by psychiatrists in psychiatric hospitals, where there ... Wikipedia
Born: November 14, 1895, Philadelphia, PA
Died: May 31, 1972 (age 76 years), San Francisco, CA
Spouse: Marjorie Lorne Franklin (m. 1924–1970)
Known for: Popularizing lobotomy; Invention of transorbital lobotomy