Alfred Adler: Lifeline and Chronology - Alfred Adler Institute of San Francisco

(Revised 12/6/98)

1868	Birth of Sigmund Adler (older brother of Alfred)
1870	Birth of Alfred Adler on February 7th
1871	Birth of Hermine Adler (sister)
1873	Birth of Rudolf Adler (brother)
1874	Birth of Irma Adler (sister) Death of Rudolf Adler
1877	Birth of Max Adler (brother)
1884	Birth of Richard Adler (brother)
1888	Adler begins study at the University of Vienna Medical School
1895	Adler receives medical degree from the University of Vienna
1897	Adler falls in love with Raissa Timofeivna Epstein Adler marries Raissa Timofeivna Epstein
1898	Adler sets up private pratice in Vienna Valentine (daughter) is born Adler publishes two articles in Austria's "Medical News Bulletin" Adler publishes monograph, Health Book for the Tailor Trade
1901	Adler's second child, Alexandra, is born
1902	Adler publishes two more articles in "Medical News Bulletin" Sigmund Freud invites Adler to join the fledgling Wednesday Psychological Society (later renamed to Vienna Psychoanalytic Society)
1904	Adler publishes his most important article to date, The Physician as Educator Adler converts from Judaism to Protestanism Birth of Kurt Adler (son)
1905	Publication of A Study of Organ Inferiority
1909	Birth of Cornelia (daughter)
1911	Adler is expelled from the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society under Freud's impetus Adler forms his own group, initially called the Society for Free Psychoanalytic Inquiry
1912	Publication of The Neurotic Constitution
1913	Adler renames his group the Society for Individual Psychology
1914	Publication of Healing and Education, edited by Adler
1916	Adler is drafted as a military physician for the Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I
1918	Adler is discharged from military service, begins emphasizing social feeling in his writings
1922	Publication of The Practice and Theory of Individual Psychology Adler begins setting up educational consulting teams in child guidance for Vienna's public schools
1924	Adler becomes a professor at Vienna's Pedagogical Institute
1927	Publication of Understanding Human Nature Adler's first lecture-tour of the United States
1928	Publication of The Case of Miss R: The Interpretation of a Life Story
1929	Adler becomes an adjunct professor at Columbia University, starts to shift base of operations from Vienna to New York City Publication of Individual Psychology in the Schools Publication of Problems of Neurosis: A Book of Case Histories Publication of The Science of Living Publication of Guiding the Child: On the Principles of Individual Psychology, edited by Adler
1930	Adler resigns from Columbia University position Publication of The Education of Children Publication of The Pattern of Life Publication of The Problem Child: The Life Style of the Difficult Child as Analyzed in Specific Cases
1931	Publication of What Life Should Mean to You
1932	Adler becomes a professor at the Long Island College of Medicine, his first full-time academic position in the United States
1933	Publication of Religion and Individual Psychology Publication of Social Interest: A Challenge to Mankind
1934	Austria is taken over by its fascists, and Adler's psycho-educational movement is suppressed
1935	Austria is annexed by Hitler's Nazi Germany Raissa relocates to New York City and resumes living full-time with Adler Adler becomes mentor to the young Abraham Maslow
1937	Death of Alfred Adler on May 28th, Aberdeen, Scotland

This information was taken from:
Edward Hoffman's
THE DRIVE FOR SELF: ALFRED ADLER AND THE FOUNDING OF INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY
(Addison-Wesley, 1994). [Order directly from Amazon Books.]

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