Khan | Masud

• Khan | Mohammed Masud Raza

Masud Khan was born into a wealthy family in the Punjab in India in 1924. He was the second child of Fazaldad Khan, his father's fourth marriage to Khursheed Begum. In 1942 he began study at the university of Punjab, specialising in English literature. The following year his younger sister died from an incorrect dose of medication for tuberculosis. His father died the following year.

Hoping to deal with these traumatic events Khan began an analysis with an Indian psychologist who had trained in the United States. It was suggested that he undergo a full analysis and in 1946 he applied for and was accepted by the Institute of Psychoanalysis in London. He began analysis with Ella Freeman Sharpe who died the following year in 1947. He continued with John Rickman until 1951 when he too died.

Khan qualified at the age of 26 in 1950 and became a Member in 1955. He then started analysis with Winnicott with whom he would develop a close relationship as editor of many of Winnicott's collected papers. As well as being Librarian of the British Society he played an important role as Reviews and Associate Editor for the International Journal of Psychoanalysis and as Editor for the International Library series.

In the last years of Khan's life his reputation was marred by scandal.

Psychoanalyst

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