| LC control no. | no2019115182 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Freund, Kurt |
| Associated country | Czechoslovakia Canada |
| Birth date | 1914-01-17 |
| Death date | 1996-10-23 |
| Place of birth | Chrudim (Czech Republic) |
| Place of death | Toronto (Ont.) |
| Affiliation | Univerzita Karlova Clarke Institute of Psychiatry |
| Profession or occupation | Sexologists Physicians |
| Found in | Freund, Kurt. Homosexualita u muže, 1962. Freund, Kurt. Homosexualität, 1969: title page (Kurt Freund) Wikipedia, 6 Aug. 2019 (Kurt Freund; b. 17 Jan. 1914 in Chrudim, Austrian Bohemia; d. 23 Oct. 1996 in Toronto, Canada; Czech-Canadian physician and sexologist; pioneer in the use of penile plethysmography for sex research in males; provided some of the first evidence that sexual orientation conversion therapy was ineffective; advocated for the decriminilization of homosexuality in Czechoslovakia; early contributor to the idea of a genetic origin of homosexuality, including a study of identical twins in Homosexualita u muž; received advanced degrees and conducted research and clinical work at Charles University of Prague, but fled to Canada in 1968 in the wake of the Prague Spring and continued his work at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry) |
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