Jacob Freud
Jacob Freud | |
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| Born | 1 April 1815 |
| Died | 23 October 1896 (aged 81) |
| Spouse | Amalia Freud |
| Relatives | Ernst L. Freud (grandson) Anna Freud (granddaughter) |
Jacob Kolloman Freud (Yiddish: יעקב קאלמאן פרויד; 1 April 1815 – 23 October 1896) was the father of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis.
Born in town of Tysmenytsia in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (now in Ukraine), and from a Hasidic background though himself an enlightened Jew of the Haskalah, he mainly earned his living as a wool merchant.