Fredric Wertham


 
 

Dr. Fredric Wertham (March 20, 1895–November 29, 1981) was a German-American psychiatrist and crusading author who protested the purportedly harmful effects of mass media—comic books in particular—on the development of children. His best-known book was Seduction of the Innocent (1954), which led to a U.S. Congressional inquiry into the comic book industry and the creation of the Comics Code.

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Wertham was born in Munich, Germany, studied in Munich, Erlangen, and London, and graduated from the University of W?rzburg in 1921. Major influences on his psychiatric career included Sigmund Freud, with whom he corresponded, and Emil Kraepelin; in his work at the Kraepelin Clinic, Wertham absorbed the then-novel idea that environment and social background had major effects on psychological development. In 1922 he moved to the United States, working originally at Johns Hopkins University. In 1932 he moved to New York City, where he became the senior psychiatrist for the city's Department of Hospitals.


 

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Fredric March 1931
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The Wild Party Clara Bow Fredric March 1929
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Introduction
Early career
Seduction of the Innocent and Senate hearings
Later career
Wertham in fiction
Selected bibliography
References
External links
 


 

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