Charles Rycroft

This article is about the psychoanalyst. For the businessman, see Charles Rycroft (businessman).

Charles Frederick Rycroft
Born(1914-09-09)September 9, 1914
Died(1998-05-24)May 24, 1998
EducationTrinity College, Cambridge; University College London
Known forA Critical Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
Scientific career
FieldsPsychiatry, Psychoanalysis
InstitutionsMaudsley Hospital; Tavistock Clinic

Charles Frederick Rycroft (/ˈraɪkrɒft/; 9 September 1914 – 24 May 1998) was a British psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He studied medicine at University College London, and worked briefly as a psychiatrist for the Maudsley Hospital. For most of his career he had a private psychiatric practice in London. He was the author of a number of notable books, including A Critical Dictionary of Psychoanalysis (1968), The Innocence of Dreams (1979) and Psychoanalysis and Beyond (1985).

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