Abraham A. Low (1891-1954), was a
Jewish neuropsychiatrist noted for his work establishing self-help programs for the mentally ill, and criticism of
Freudian psychoanalysis. He was born
February 28,
1891 in
Baranów Sandomierski,
Poland.Low attended
grade school,
high school and medical school in France from 1910 to 1918. He continued his medical education in
Austria, serving in the Medical Corps of the
Austrian Army. He graduated with a medical degree in 1919, after his military service, from the
University of Vienna Medical School. After serving an
internship in
Vienna, Austria from 1919 to 1920, he immigrated to the United States, obtaining his U.S. citizenship in 1927. From 1921 to 1925 he practiced medicine in both
New York, New York and
Chicago, Illinois. In 1925 he was appointed as an instructor of
neurology at the
University of Illinois Medical School and became an associate professor of psychiatry.
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