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Donald Winnicott
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British pediatric psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (1896–1971)
Key facts
- Born
- Donald Woods Winnicott , ( 1896-04-07 ) 7 April 1896, Plymouth , Devon, England
- Died
- 25 January 1971 (1971-01-25) (aged 74), London, England
- Alma mater
- Jesus College, Cambridge St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College
- Occupations
- Paediatrician psychiatrist psychoanalyst
- Known for
- Stages of development holding environment subjective omnipotence objective reality transitional experience good enough parent true self and false self
- Spouses
- Alice Buxton Winnicott ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 7 July 1923</span>"}]]}'>1923 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1949 ) Clare Nimmo Britton ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1951 )
- Parent
- Elizabeth Martha Woods (mother) Sir John Frederick Winnicott (father)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Donald
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Plymouth
- Place of death
- London
- Spouse
- Clare Winnicott
- Occupation
- psychoanalyst
- Educated at
- St Bartholomew's Hospital
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Donald Woods Winnicott.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1896-04-07
- date of death
- 1971-01-25
- Commons category
- Donald Winnicott
- name in native language
- Donald Winnicott
- member of
- British Psychoanalytical Society
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Donald Woods Winnicott (7 April 1896 – 25 January 1971) was an English paediatrician and psychoanalyst who was especially influential in the field of object relations theory and developmental psychology. He was a leading member of the British Independent Group of the British Psychoanalytical Society, President of the British Psychoanalytical Society twice (1956–1959 and 1965–1968), and a close associate of British writer and psychoanalyst Marion Milner.
Winnicott is best known for his ideas on the true self and false self, the "good enough" parent, and he and his second wife, Clare, arguably his chief professional collaborator, worked with the notion of the transitional object. He wrote several books, including Playing and Reality, and more than 200 papers.
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