Sula Wolff
| Sula Wolff | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 1, 1924 Berlin, Weimar Germany |
| Died |
September 21, 2009 (aged 85) United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Oxford University |
| Occupation | Child psychiatrist, author |
| Spouse(s) | Henry Walton[1] |
Sula Wolff (1 March 1924 – 21 September 2009)[1] a prominent British child psychiatrist, was born in Berlin, Weimar Germany in 1924.[1] After Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933 she and her family moved to the United Kingdom.[1] She graduated in Medicine from Oxford University in 1947.
Life
At the Maudsley Hospital where she acquired a post-graduate training in psychiatry she became interested in the psychological problems of children. After the Maudsley Hospital she practised in Cape Town and in New York. She married Henry Walton, a South African psychiatrist. They settled in Edinburgh where Walton became Professor of Psychiatry and she, in 1966, became a consultant psychiatrist at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children. She published Children under Stress in 1969.
Books
- Children Under Stress Penguin Press: London (1969)
- Loners: the Life Path of Unusual Children: Routledge: London (1995)
References
- 1 2 3 4 Graham, Philip (22 October 2009). "Sula Wolff obituary". The Guardian.
External links
- Obituary (The Times, 5 October 2009)