# Edwin S. Shneidman

> Edwin S. Shneidman was an American clinical psychologist, suicidologist and thanatologist. Together with Norman Farberow and Robert Litman, in 1958, he founded the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center where the men were instrumental in researching suicide and developing a crisis center and treatments to prevent deaths.

*Thanatologist and co-founder of suicidology (1918-2009)*

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## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1918-05-13
- **Died:** 2009-05-15
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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