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Sigmund Freud · Life in Weeks

The founder of psychoanalysis, he developed influential theories of the unconscious mind, repression, and the interpretation of dreams. His ideas reshaped psychology, literature, and modern conceptions of the self.

1856–1939 Austrian Neurologist 4,350 weeks (83 Years)

Sigmund Freud: 4,350 weeks

Each box represents one week. Lived weeks Key milestones

4,350
Total Weeks
30,450
Days Lived
6
Key Milestones
83
Years

Key Milestones

Age 25 · Week ~1,300

Earned his medical degree from the University of Vienna

Age 30 · Week ~1,560

Opened a private practice specializing in nervous disorders

Age 43 · Week ~2,236

Published The Interpretation of Dreams

Age 53 · Week ~2,756

Delivered influential lectures at Clark University in the United States

Age 67 · Week ~3,484

Diagnosed with the oral cancer that would require dozens of surgeries

Age 82 · Week ~4,264

Fled Nazi-annexed Austria for London, where he died the following year

Legacy

Founded the discipline of psychoanalysis and introduced concepts such as the Oedipus complex, the id-ego-superego model, and free association. His book The Interpretation of Dreams remains a foundational text in modern thought.

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