Background
Meyer, Joachim Ernst was born on July 2, 1917 in Königsberg, Prussia, Germany. Son of Ernst and Käte (Schmieden) Meyer.
Meyer, Joachim Ernst was born on July 2, 1917 in Königsberg, Prussia, Germany. Son of Ernst and Käte (Schmieden) Meyer.
Doctor of Medicine, University Berlin, 1940. Habilitation Psychiatry, University Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany, 1952.
Assistant professor University Munich, Federal Republic of Germany, 1954-1963. Professor psychiatry University Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany, 1963-1985. Dean of medical faculty, University Göttingen.
1965-1966; dean of University Göttingen, 1968-1969. Director Department of Psychiatry, University Göttingen, 1963-1985.
Member British College Psychiatrists (associate), German Psychoanalytic Society (honorary).
Married Ruth Thwaites, July 11, 1953. Children: Barbara, Marion.