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Ellis Merriwether 1900 - 1978

Ellis Merriwether of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama was born on October 7, 1900, and died at age 78 years old in December 1978.
Ellis Merriwether
Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama 35401
October 7, 1900
December 1978
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    October 7, 1900
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    1978

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    December 1978
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    Ellis Merriwether lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1900, in the year that Ellis Merriwether was born, the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud published his book (written in 1899) "The Interpretation of Dreams". Sigmund Freud, born Sigismund Schlomo Freud in May of 1856, is the "father of psychoanalysis". Although he was a medical doctor, he was fascinated with the psyche and hypothesized the existence of the id, the ego, the superego, the libido, the unconscious, the Oedipus complex, and more. These are concepts that are still used by modern psychology.
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In 1924, Ellis was 24 years old when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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