Grunya Sukhareva

Grunya Sukhareva
Born
Grunya Yefimovna Sukhareva

(1891-11-11)11 November 1891
Died26 April 1981(1981-04-26) (aged 89)
EducationKyiv Women's Medical Institute
Known forWriting on autism
Medical career
ProfessionChild psychiatrist
InstitutionsCentral Institute of Advanced Medical Studies
Sub-specialtiesPediatrics
ResearchAutism

Grunya Efimovna Sukhareva (Груня Ефимовна Сухарева, [ˈɡrunʲə jɪˈfʲiməvnə ˈsuxɐrʲɪvə], alternative transliteration Suchareva) (11 November 1891 – 26 April 1981) was a Soviet child psychiatrist and the first psychiatrist to identify and pathologize autism.