Wilfred bion biography of christopher

English psychoanalyst and psychiatrist

Wilfred Ruprecht BionDSO (; 8 September – 8 November ) was an influential English psychoanalyst, who became president of the British Psychoanalytical Society from to ^[1]

Early life and military service

Bion was born in Mathura, North-Western Provinces, India, and educated at Bishop's Stortford College in England.^[2] After the outbreak of the First World War, he served in the Tank Corps as a tank commander in France, and was awarded both the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) (on 18 February , for his actions at the Battle of Cambrai),^[2][3] and the Croix de Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.^[4] He first entered the war zone on 26 June ,^[5] and was promoted to temporary lieutenant on 10 June ,^[6] and to acting captain on 22 March , when he took command of a tank section,^[7] he retained the rank when he became second-in-command of a tank compan