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Wilfred Trotter

1872–1939

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English surgeon and social psychologist, author of Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War (1916). His idea of a herd instinct shaped Wilfred Bion's early interest in the mentality of groups.

Born: 1872
Died: 1939
Influenced: Wilfred Bion

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Wilfred Bion Bion trained under the surgeon Trotter at University College Hospital, and Trotter's Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War (1916) shaped his interest in groups.