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Szasz, Thomas, 1920-2012

LC control no.n 50012656
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Personal name headingSzasz, Thomas, 1920-2012
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Variant(s)Szasz, Thomas S. (Thomas Stephen), 1920-2012
Szasz, Thomas Stephen, 1920-2012
LocatedCincinnati (Ohio)
Birth date1920-04-15
Death date2012-09-08
Place of birthBudapest (Hungary)
Place of deathManlius (N.Y.)
Profession or occupationPsychiatrists Authors
Found inPain and pleasure, 1957: t.p. (Thomas S. Szasz)
Sex by prescription, 1981: t.p. (Thomas Szasz)
LC database, Sept. 12, 2012 (hdg.: Szasz, Thomas Stephen, 1920- ; usage: Thomas Szasz [predominant form], Thomas S. Szasz)
New York times WWW site, Sept. 12, 2012 (in obituary published Sept. 11: Thomas Szasz; Thomas Stephen Szasz; b. Apr. 15, 1920, Budapest; moved to Cincinnati, 1938; d. Saturday [Sept. 8, 2012], Manlius, N.Y., aged 92; psychiatrist whose 1961 book The myth of mental illness questioned the legitimacy of his field and provided the intellectual grounding for generations of critics, patient advocates, and antipsychiatry activists, making enemies of many fellow doctors)
Associated languageeng