Walter Freeman (surgeon)
{{Infobox person |name = Walter Jackson Freeman II |image = |image_width = |caption = Walter Freeman (right) and James Watts performing a lobotomy. |birth_date = November 14, 1895 |birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |death_date = May 31, 1972 (aged 76) |death_place = |occupation = physician, psychiatrist, [[psychosurgery|psychosurgeon], asshole] |specialism = , neurology |parents = Walter Jackson Freeman I |known_for = Popularizing the lobotomy
Invention of the "ice pick" lobotomy |years_active = |education = Yale University
University of Pennsylvania Medical School |children = Walter Jackson Freeman III |relations = William Williams Keen, maternal grandfather |= }} Walter Jackson Freeman II, M.D. (November 14, 1895 – May 31, 1972) was an American physician who specialized in lobotomy.
Walter J. Freeman was born on November 14, 1895 to a privileged family. He was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by his parents. Freeman was also known for being a bit of an oddball and he complemented his theatrical approach to demonstrating surgery by sporting a cane, goatee, and a narrow-brimmed hat.
Freeman's grandfather, William Williams Keen, was well known as a surgeon in the Civil War. His father was also a very successful doctor. Freeman attended Yale University, which at the time was Yale College, beginning in 1912 and graduated with his undergraduate degree in 1916. He then moved on to study neurology at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. While attending medical school he studied the work of William Spiller and idolized his groundbreaking work in the new field of the neurological sciences. William Spiller also worked in Philadelphia and was credited by many in the world of psychology as being the founder of neurology. Freeman applied for a coveted position working alongside Spiller in his home town of Philadelphia, but was rejected.
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