Sergei Pankejeff
Sergei Pankejeff | |
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Pankejeff in 1915 | |
| Born | Сергей Константинович Панкеев 24 December 1886 Odesa, Russian Empire |
| Died | 7 May 1979 (aged 92) Vienna, Austria |
| Other names | Wolf Man |
Sergei Konstantinovitch Pankejeff (Russian: Серге́й Константи́нович Панке́ев; 24 December 1886 – 7 May 1979) was a Russian aristocrat from Odesa in the Russian Empire. Pankejeff is best known for being a patient of Sigmund Freud, who gave him the pseudonym of the Wolf Man (German: der Wolfsmann) to protect his identity, after a dream Pankejeff had of a tree full of white wolves.