Dr. med Bruno Klopfer

Dr. med Bruno KLOPFER: b. 1 Oct 1900, Augsburg - d. 23 Oct 1971, Monterey

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Bruno Klopfer - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Klopfer

Bruno Klopfer (1 October 1900 – 1971), was a German psychologist, born in Bavaria.

He had a profound impact on the development of psychological personality testing, and was an important pioneer and innovator in the development, scoring and popularization of projective techniques, especially the Rorschach inkblot test.

Career

He was awarded a Ph.D. from the University of Munich in 1923.[1]

Klopfer, a Jew, left Germany in 1933; and on his way to the USA, spent a year in Switzerland where he studied with Carl Jung at the Zurich Psychotechnic Institute (this was where he first encountered the Rorschach test). His first job in the USA was at Columbia University where he conducted research with the famous anthropologist Franz Boas.

He was founding editor of the Rorschach Research Exchange and Journal of Projective Techniques in 1936. This Journal became the "Journal of Projective Techniques" in 1950, The Journal of Projective Techniques & Personality Assessment in 1963, and eventually became the Journal of Personality Assessment in 1971. He was the Director of the Rorschach Institute from 1939 to 1947, and was the President of the Society of Projective Techniques from 1947 until his death in 1971.

In 1947, he was appointed Clinical Professor of Psychology at the University of California at Los Angeles. He remained at UCLA until he retired in 1963.

Klopfer performed workshops on the interpretation of the Rorschach test. Mary Ainsworth, a major contributor to the development of attachment theory, attended one of these workshops. The meeting led to Klopfer and Ainsworth collaborating to coauthor a book on the Rorschach technique [2]

And also ...

Bruno Klopfer

http://motorradphilosophen.de/supplement/personen/klopfer_b.htm

Bruno Klopfer 1900 - 1971

Klopfer, during his youth, enjoyed sailing, mountain climbing, and skiing. His education was interrupted for a time by World War I. Later he returned to the University of Munich, where he received the Ph.D. at the age of 22; his dissertation was entitled "The psychology of inhibition." Klopfer and his family spent 1933-1934 in Switzerland, then emigrated to the United States, where Klopfer taught at Columbia University for 13 years. During this time he established his first regular workshop in projective techniques in New York State. Later he added other workshops in California and other parts of the country. Joining the staff at UCLA. he remained there until his retirement in 1963. Klopfer started dealing with Jungian psychology as an intellectual task and gradually it became his philosophy of life. His speciality in his later years was Jungian analysis and the teaching of Jungian theory and practice. This tended to replace the Rorschach as his primary interest. He was editor of the Journal of Personality Assessment for 36 years and developed it from an obscure newsletter into a major professional organ. He himself was a prolific writer and a tremendous stimulant to his students and colleagues. His major work was The Rorschach technique first published in 1942 with Douglas Kelly and revised in 1962 with H. H. Davidson: it became the single most authoritative source on the Rorschach test. He received tributes from the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association, from the Society for Personality Assessment, and from the Analytical Psychology Club of New York.

Plus ...

October 23, 1971: In Memory of Bruno Klopfer: Journal of Personality Assessment: Vol 35, No 6

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00223891.1971.10119707?...

Also cf.

KLOPFER Bruno: Paradigms of Personality Assessment - Jerry S. Wiggins - Google Books

https://books.google.de/books?id=AwGzeHpSyI4C&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=b...

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History and Directory: Society for Personality Assessment Fiftieth Anniversary - Google Books

https://books.google.de/books?id=kTyhD3D4d8QC&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=b...

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The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing - Damion Searls - Google Books

https://books.google.de/books?id=0WKIDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA171&lpg=PA171&dq...

" The psychoanalyst ... Bruno KLOPFER (1900-1971), a German Jew, improvisational and antiauthoritarian, the rebellious son of a banker. He had terrible eyesight at a young age from an undiagnosed condition and had been forced to "make up through his keen thinking what he could not see with the visual clarity of other school boys". It was a perfect symbol for the man who would become America's most prominent and suspect Rorschach interpreter: he might not have seen the thing himself, but he could convince you he understood what you saw."

Reportedly emigrated to the U.S. in circa 1934. So far only later NY passenger listings found featuring him but he is noted as being the contact person on arrival of his parents Gustav & Margarete KLOPFER.

1935.10.05 - Bruno KLOPFER ref. : New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-958S-T7Q?cc=1923888&wc...

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-958S-T7Q?i=271&wc=...

Contact people:

At departure: Brother, Eduard KLOPFER, St. Alban, Ammersee

At arrival: Son, Dr. Bruno KLOPFER, Middagh Street, Brooklyn, New York

Otherwise cf.

1947.02.25 - KLOPFER Bruno: New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L94V-HD2K?cc=1923888&w...

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L94V-HD2K?i=214&cc...

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1954.08.31 - KLOPFER Bruno & Erna: New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G94P-813W?cc=1923888&w...

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G94P-813W?i=1009&c...

Further DOB & DOD details:

Bruno Klopfer (1900 - 1971) - Carmel by the Sea, California

https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/bruno-klopfer/87398603

Bruno Klopfer (1900 - 1971)

Bruno Klopfer was born on October 1, 1900. He died in October 1971 at age 71. We know that Bruno Klopfer had been residing in Carmel by the Sea, Monterey County, California.

And cf. burial information of wife Erna.