Ernest Jones establishes the London Psycho-Analytical Society

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1 January 1913

On 30th October, Ernest Jones establishes the London Psycho-Analytical Society. Initially there are fifteen members: Douglas Bryan (Leicester), Dr. Davidson (Toronto), Dr. Devine (Yorkshire), M. D. Eder (London), Dr. Forsyth (London), Dr. Graham (Belfast), Bernard Hart (London), Captain Berkeley Hill (Bombay), Ernest Jones (President) (London), Constance Long (London), Leslie Mackenzie (Edinburgh), Maurice Nicoll (London), Colonel Sutherland (Jubbalpore, India), H. Watson Smith (Beirut), and Maurice Wright (London).

Many of these founding members live a long way from London and are unable to play an active part.

Picture: Ernest Jones's diary dated October 1913.

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