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Leo Kanner ( June 13 , 1894 – April 4 , 1981 ) was an Austrian - American Psychiatrist and Physician known for his work related to Autism . Kanner was born in Klekotow , Austria . He studied at the University Of Berlin from 1913 , his studies broken by service with the Austrian Army in World War I , finally receiving his MD in 1921 . He emigrated to the United States in 1924 to take a position as an Assistant Physician at the State Hospital in Yankton County, South Dakota . In 1930 he was selected to develop the first Child Psychiatry service in a Pediatric hospital at Johns Hopkins Hospital , Baltimore . He became Associate Professor of Psychiatry in 1933 . He was the first physician in the United States to be identified as a , forms the basis of the modern study of Autism . He became Director of Child Psychiatry in 1957 . He retired in 1959 but remained active until his death at the age of 87. PAPERS
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