(Alfred) Ernest Jones

Psychoanalyst, born in Llwchwy, S Wales, UK. He studied at University College, Cardiff, and qualified as a physician in London. Medical journalism and neurological research brought him into contact with the work of Sigmund Freud. He introduced psychoanalysis into Britain and North America, founded the British Psycho-Analytical Society (1913), as well as the International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, which he edited (1920–33). He was professor of psychiatry at Toronto (1909–12) and director of the London Clinic for Psycho-Analysis. Among his numerous works and translations is a psychoanalytical study of Hamlet and Oedipus, and an authoritative biography of Freud (1953–7).

Alfred Ernest Jones (January 1, 1879 – February 1, 1958) Welsh psychiatrist and was arguably the best-known follower of Sigmund Freud. He knew Freud personally, having learned the German language in order to be able to understand his ideas more clearly, and was largely responsible for introducing them to the profession in both the UK and the United States.

Jones's writings on the subject of psychoanalysis prompted him to launch The International Journal of Psychoanalysis in 1920. His last great work was the authoritative biography of Freud, which he published between 1953 and 1957 with the aid of records provided by Freud's daughter, Anna Freud, who personally approved him for the job.

Ernest Jones : "The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud.", Publisher: Basic Books, 1981, ISBN 0-465-04015-2 Ernest Jones : Hamlet and Oedipus (The Norton Library, N799 1976, ISBN 0-393-00799-5 "The Complete Correspondence of Sigmund Freud and Ernest Jones, 1908-1939, R.