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Thomas S. Szasz

Thomas S. Szasz

Hungarian-American psychiatrist
Thomas Stephen Szasz was a Hungarian-American academic and psychiatrist. He served for most of his career as professor of psychiatry at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. Wikipedia
Born: April 15, 1920, Budapest, Hungary
Died: September 8, 2012 (age 92 years), Manlius, NY
Known for: Criticism of psychiatry
Spouse: Rosine Loshkajian (m. 1951–1970)
Children: 2

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