ALFRED ADLER
(1870–1937)
It’s all about the individual
Alfred Adler was born on February 7th, 1870, in Vienna, Austria, to
the family of a Jewish grain merchant. Adler had suffered from
rickets as a child, and because of this did not learn how to walk until
the age of four. When Adler was five years old, he developed
pneumonia and almost died from the condition. His early
experiences with illness sparked an interest in medicine and inspired
him to pursue a career as a physician.
Following school, he worked as an ophthalmologist and
eventually switched to general practice. Adler set up his office in the
lower class part of Vienna, and across the street from his office was
an amusement park and circus. As a result, most of the clients he
saw were circus performers. By studying the unusual strengths and
weaknesses that these circus performers had, Adler began to create
his organ inferiority theory, wherein he posited that a person with a
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