Immanuel Velikovsky

@Israeli Men, Family and Life ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Immanuel Velikovsky was a Russian scholar and psychiatrist, who wrote a number of controversial books giving a radical interpretation of ancient history Israeli University Of Edinburgh Intellectuals & Academics Psychiatrists Gemini Celebrities Immanuel Velikovsky was a Russian-Jewish psychiatrist, known largely for his controversial books on ancient history, particularly the Worlds in Collision’, published in 1950, which became a US best-seller, despite being objected by various academicians and scientists. After completing his medical course, he started editing and translating scientific papers into Hebrew at ‘Scripta Universitatis’ journal, a project which played a major role in establishing the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. However, he was more inclined towards the study of ancient history, including the global catastrophes of a celestial origin and reconstruction of ancient Middle Eastern history. After researching for over 10 years, he succeeded in completing two manuscripts – ‘Ages of Chaos’ and ‘Worlds in Collision’, which were highly criticized and banned from being published due to lack of physical evidence of his theories. Despite the increased controversy, he continued to author more books as an answer to his critics’ opposition and their questions. These included: ‘Earth in Upheaval’, ‘Oedipus and Akhnaton’, ‘Peoples of the Sea’, and ‘Ramses II and His Times’. His works were, however, recognized and appreciated in due course of time, following which he started delivering lectures at esteemed universities throughout North America. The BBC and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation aired documentaries on his life and works, as a mark of respect to this infamous psychoanalyst and psychiatrist.

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Birthday: June 10, 1895 Died on: November 17, 1979 Nationality: Israeli Famous: Author, Israeli Men, University Of Edinburgh, Intellectuals & Academics, Psychiatrists Universities: University Of Edinburgh Moscow State University University of Edinburgh Notable Alumnis: University Of Edinburgh Birth Place: Vitebsk Information Detail Birthday June 10, 1895 Died on November 17, 1979 Nationality Israeli Famous Author, Israeli Men, University Of Edinburgh, Intellectuals & Academics, Psychiatrists Universities University Of Edinburgh Moscow State University University of Edinburgh Notable Alumnis University Of Edinburgh Birth Place Vitebsk Gender Male Sun Sign Gemini Born in Vitebsk Famous as Author Died at Age 84

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Immanuel Velikovsky got married to violinist and pianist, Elisheva Kramer, in 1923, in Berlin, Germany. The couple had two daughters: Shulamit Velikovsky Kogan, born in 1925, and Ruth Ruhama Velikovsky Sharon, born in 1926. Unsplash Personal Life

In 1975, a Center for Velikovskian and Interdisciplinary Studies was established at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, in his honor. Unsplash Personal Life

After suffering from diabetes and intermittent depression, he died on November 17, 1979 at his home in Princeton, New Jersey, at the age of 84. Unsplash Personal Life

Immanuel Velikovsky was born on June 10, 1895 in Vitebsk, Russian Empire (now in Belarus) into a wealthy Jewish family, as the youngest of three sons, to Shimon Velikovsky and Beila Grodensky. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He mastered various languages during childhood and was later sent to Medvednikov Gymnasium, Moscow, to complete his studies where he excelled in mathematics and Russian and graduated in 1913 with a gold medal. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He traveled widely across Europe, visited Palestine, and subsequently did a medicine course from Montpellier, France, and a paramedical course from the University of Edinburgh. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He returned to Moscow before World War I and obtained a medical degree from the University of Moscow in 1921. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Immanuel Velikovsky moved to Berlin after completing his medical degree and took up editorial work at the ‘Scripta Universitatis’ journal, where Albert Einstein managed the mathematical-physical section. Unsplash Career

In 1924, he went to Palestine to practice medicine and psychoanalysis, which he had studied under Wilhelm Stekel, student of Sigmund Freud, in Vienna. Besides, he also took up editing ‘Scripta Academica Hierosolymitana’. Unsplash Career

He published his first paper on characterization of epileptics by pathological encephalograms. Also, he authored a number of papers, which were published in medical and psychoanalytic journals, including a few papers in Freud’s ‘Imago’. Unsplash Career

In 1939, he went to New York with his family, just before the outbreak of World War II, on a one-year holiday and utilized the time to research on his book ‘Oedipus and Akhenaton’, based on Freud’s ‘Moses and Monotheism’. Unsplash Career

He wrote his first book ‘Worlds in Collision’, which before its publication, aroused large controversy due to his interpretation of the solar system. The book described how 3,500 years ago Venus was ejected from Jupiter as a comet and its gravitational field moved other planets out of their orbits or affected their rotation – including Earth’s. Unsplash Career

His book ‘Worlds in Collision’, describing the ejection of Venus from Jupiter as a comet and the effect of its gravitational field on other planets, became a US non-fiction best-seller, despite being banned by various academic institutions. Unsplash Major Works

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Birthday	June 10, 1895
Died on	November 17, 1979
Nationality	Israeli
Famous	Author, Israeli Men, University Of Edinburgh, Intellectuals & Academics, Psychiatrists
Universities	University Of Edinburgh Moscow State University University of Edinburgh
Notable Alumnis	University Of Edinburgh
Birth Place	Vitebsk
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Gemini
Born in	Vitebsk
Famous as	Author
Died at Age	84

Immanuel Velikovsky

Israeli

Jun 10, 1895

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