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Jacob Kolloman Freud (1 April 1815 – 23 October 1896) [1] was the father of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis .
A tall man, who according to his son resembled Garibaldi, Jakob was a calm and respected patriarch. An observant Jew close to the Haskala movement, he appears to have been more traditional than Freud claimed.
The family of Sigmund Freud, the pioneer of psychoanalysis, lived in Austria and Germany until the 1930s before emigrating to England, Canada, and the United States. Several of Freud's descendants and relatives have become well known in different fields.
Learn about Jacob Freud, Sigmund Freud's father, who was a bankrupt and a ne'er-do-well. Find out how his poverty, humiliation and submissiveness influenced Freud's life and work.
Learn about Freud's early life in Freiberg, where he was born to a large family and a father who failed in business. Explore how Freud's childhood experiences shaped his personality, fears, and ambitions.
On Oct. 23, 1896, after an illness of four months, his father, eighty year-old Jacob Freud, died in Vienna. Freud was deeply shaken.
A Hebrew manuscript by Jacob Freud, the father of Sigmund Freud, expresses his love and devotion to his son and his hope for his religious renewal. The article corrects past errors in reading and translating the manuscript and reinterprets its meaning and context.
