Ronald Fairbairn
William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn (/ˈfɛərbɛərn/) FRSE (11 August 1889 – 31 December 1964) was a Scottish psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and a central figure in the development of the Object Relations Theory of psychoanalysis.[1] He was generally known and referred to as "W. Ronald D. Fairbairn".[2][3][4]
Ronald Fairbairn
11 August 1889
31 December 1964 (aged 75)
University of Edinburgh
Psychoanalysis
Family[edit]
In 1926 Fairbairn married Mary Ann More-Gordon, the daughter of Harry More-Gordon. Their daughter Ellinor was born in 1927, followed by twins in 1928, however they did not survive. Their fourth child was born in 1929, and in 1933 their fifth son Nicholas was born, who would go on to become a barrister and MP.[6]
In 1959 he married Marion Frances Mackintosh, daughter of Captain H. E. M. Archer.[6]