Nathaniel Branden

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Nathaniel Branden

Birth
Brampton, Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
3 Dec 2014 (aged 84)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Psychotherapist, lecturer and author of twenty books on the psychology of self-esteem, romantic love, and the life and thought of Objectivist philosopher Ayn Rand (aka Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum).

Born Nathan Blumenthal in Brampton, Ontario, on April 9, 1930, Branden changed his name when he was 24. "Why should I be stuck with someone else's choice of name?" he wrote.

He received a bachelor's degree in psychology from UCLA, a master's degree from NYU and a doctorate from the California Graduate Institute.

Nathaniel married four times; Barbara Joan (Weidman), Patrecia Norman (Gullison) Scott (aka actress Patrecia Wynand), Estelle Devers (aka Devers Israel, aka Estelle Campbell) and Leigh Horton.

Son of Joseph and Dinah (Copp) Blumenthal. Brother of Elayne Dorothy [Kalberman], Reva [Fox] and Florence [Hirschfeld].
Psychotherapist, lecturer and author of twenty books on the psychology of self-esteem, romantic love, and the life and thought of Objectivist philosopher Ayn Rand (aka Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum).

Born Nathan Blumenthal in Brampton, Ontario, on April 9, 1930, Branden changed his name when he was 24. "Why should I be stuck with someone else's choice of name?" he wrote.

He received a bachelor's degree in psychology from UCLA, a master's degree from NYU and a doctorate from the California Graduate Institute.

Nathaniel married four times; Barbara Joan (Weidman), Patrecia Norman (Gullison) Scott (aka actress Patrecia Wynand), Estelle Devers (aka Devers Israel, aka Estelle Campbell) and Leigh Horton.

Son of Joseph and Dinah (Copp) Blumenthal. Brother of Elayne Dorothy [Kalberman], Reva [Fox] and Florence [Hirschfeld].


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