Fanny von Hann-Kende

Fanny von Hann-Kende (April 17, 1891 — April 14, 1952) was a Hungarian-born American psychoanalyst, on the faculty at Columbia University.

Early life and education Fanny von Hann was born in Budapest, the daughter of Arnold Hann and Lujza Gold. Her father was a financial officer. She attended the Royal Hungarian University, and earned her medical license in 1914. Later, in the 1920s, she trained as a psychoanalyst in Vienna; she was analysed by Margaret Mahler.

Career From 1914 to 1920, von Hann was a professor of pathology at the Royal Hungarian University.

She moved to the United States in 1938, and worked at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, part of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. She was a member of the American Medical Association and other professional organizations. and died in New York City in 1952, from colon cancer,