Michael Fordham
Encyclopedia
Michael Scott Montague Fordham (4 August 1905 – 14 April 1995) was an English
psychiatrist, a Jungian
analyst. The Michael Fordham Prize is named in his honour.
and his wife Sara Gertrude Worthington, Fordham was born in Kensington, London and was educated at Gresham's School
, Holt, Norfolk
(1918-1923), Trinity College, Cambridge
(1924-1927), and St Bartholomew's Hospital
(1927-1932). He took the degrees of MB and BCh in 1931, and became an MRCP
in 1932.
In 1924 Fordham played Don Adriano in a Gresham's School performance of Love's Labour's Lost
.
From 1945, Fordham was co-editor of the English translation of C. G. Jung's Collected Works.
From 1955 to 1970 he was editor of the Journal of Analytical Psychology
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
psychiatrist, a Jungian
Carl Jung
Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and the founder of Analytical Psychology. Jung is considered the first modern psychiatrist to view the human psyche as "by nature religious" and make it the focus of exploration. Jung is one of the best known researchers in the field of dream analysis and...
analyst. The Michael Fordham Prize is named in his honour.
Background and education
The second son of Montague Edward FordhamMontague Fordham
Montague Edward Fordham was an English agriculturalist and advocate of rural reform. He belonged to the Religious Society of Friends....
and his wife Sara Gertrude Worthington, Fordham was born in Kensington, London and was educated at Gresham's School
Gresham's School
Gresham’s School is an independent coeducational boarding school in Holt in North Norfolk, England, a member of the HMC.The school was founded in 1555 by Sir John Gresham as a free grammar school for forty boys, following King Henry VIII's dissolution of the Augustinian priory at Beeston Regis...
, Holt, Norfolk
Holt, Norfolk
Holt is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The town is north of the city of Norwich, west of Cromer and east of King's Lynn. The town is on the route of the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road. The nearest railway station is in the town of Sheringham where access to the...
(1918-1923), Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
(1924-1927), and St Bartholomew's Hospital
St Bartholomew's Hospital
St Bartholomew's Hospital, also known as Barts, is a hospital in Smithfield in the City of London, England.-Early history:It was founded in 1123 by Raherus or Rahere , a favourite courtier of King Henry I...
(1927-1932). He took the degrees of MB and BCh in 1931, and became an MRCP
Membership of the Royal College of Physicians
Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians is a postgraduate medical diploma. The examinations are run by the Federation of the Medical Royal Colleges of the United Kingdom – the Royal College of Physicians of London, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and the Royal College...
in 1932.
In 1924 Fordham played Don Adriano in a Gresham's School performance of Love's Labour's Lost
Love's Labour's Lost
Love's Labour's Lost is one of William Shakespeare's early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid-1590s, and first published in 1598.-Title:...
.
Career summary
- 1932: Junior Medical Officer, Long Grove Mental Hospital, EpsomEpsomEpsom is a town in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England. Small parts of Epsom are in the Borough of Reigate and Banstead. The town is located south-south-west of Charing Cross, within the Greater London Urban Area. The town lies on the chalk downland of Epsom Downs.-History:Epsom lies...
- 1933: Begins to read JungCarl JungCarl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and the founder of Analytical Psychology. Jung is considered the first modern psychiatrist to view the human psyche as "by nature religious" and make it the focus of exploration. Jung is one of the best known researchers in the field of dream analysis and...
- 1934: Fellow in Child Psychiatry, London Child Guidance Clinic
- 1934-1936: in analysis with H. G. Baynes
- 1934: visits ZurichZürichZurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
to meet Jung, intending to train with him - 1935-1936: Spends a year as a General PractitionerGeneral practitionerA general practitioner is a medical practitioner who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes. They have particular skills in treating people with multiple health issues and comorbidities...
in BarkingBarkingBarking is a suburban town in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, in East London, England. A retail and commercial centre situated in the west of the borough, it lies east of Charing Cross. Barking was in the historic county of Essex until it was absorbed by Greater London. The area is... - 1936: in analysis with Hilde Kirsch
- 1936: part-time consultant at child guidance clinic in NottinghamNottinghamNottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
- 1942: Consultant psychiatrist to evacuated children in Nottingham area
- 1945: appointed co-editor of English translation of C. G. Jung's Collected Works
- 1946: a founder of the Society of Analytical Psychology
- 1946: Consultant to the Child Guidance Clinic at the West End Hospital for Nervous Diseases, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
- 1947: Degree of MDDoctor of MedicineDoctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...
- 1971: Founder Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatry
- 1970s: Working at the Tavistock ClinicTavistock ClinicThe in London was founded in 1920 by Dr. Hugh Crichton-Miller, a psychiatrist who developed psychological treatments for shell-shocked soldiers during and after the First World War. The clinic's first patient was, however, a child. Its clinical services were always, therefore, for both children...
on mother-child observations
Publications
- The Life of Childhood (1944)
- New Developments in Analytical Psychology (1957)
- The Objective Psyche (1958)
- Children as Individuals (1969, revised from The Life of Childhood)
- The Self and Autism (1976)
- The Making of an Analyst: a memoir (London: Free Association BooksFree Association BooksFree Association Books is an innovative project started in 1980s London. It arose as the brainchild of Bob Young and colleagues, who, disillusioned by the decline of the liberatory movement, began a search using psychoanalysis to understand the problems of liberation...
, 1993)
From 1945, Fordham was co-editor of the English translation of C. G. Jung's Collected Works.
From 1955 to 1970 he was editor of the Journal of Analytical Psychology