Freud died in September and his ashes were placed in the urn in Golders Green Crematorium near his home. Martha Freud's ashes were added after her death in Freud was given the urn—which depicts Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and ecstasy—by his close friend and fellow psychoanalyst Princess Marie Bonaparte. The Freud family arrived in London that summer, taking a house in Hampstead, a leafy suburb in the north of the city. Officials at the crematorium, one of the oldest in Britain, were not immediately available for comment.
The urn was chosen to hold Freud's ashes from his collection of more than 2, largely Egyptian, Greek and Roman objects, which are on display at his home, now the Freud Museum. Dawn Kemp, acting director of the museum, said the objects informed his work in developing a new way of understanding the human personality—psychoanalysis.
The museum was set up following the death of Freud's daughter Anna in and includes his famous psychoanalytic couch. Police had earlier erroneously said the urn was from the 3rd century BC and was stolen from Hoop Lane Cemetery, a Jewish cemetery opposite the Golders Green Crematorium. The crematorium opened in and contains the remains of many famous figures including Bram Stoker, the author of "Dracula", and soul singer Amy Winehouse.
Earlier this month it was also the location for the funeral of Ronnie Biggs, the most famous member of the gang who carried out the Great Train Robbery in Explore further. Use this form if you have come across a typo, inaccuracy or would like to send an edit request for the content on this page. For general inquiries, please use our contact form.
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Graduate Quantum as an Undergrad Aug 01, Security at the site is being reviewed. In beautiful grounds and buildings including a listed mausoleum designed by the architect Edwin Lutyens, Golders Green also holds the ashes of scores of famous names including Bram Stoker, the creator of Dracula, and fellow authors Enid Blyton and Kingsley Amis, the ballerina Anna Pavlova, the rock star Marc Bolan, the former prime minister Neville Chamberlain, the playwright Joe Orton, and the actors Sid James and Peter Sellers.
One of the most recent high-profile funerals, earlier this month, was of the Great Train Robber, Ronnie Biggs. Freud, born in , escaped Vienna with his family in , finding sanctuary in London. His consulting room in Hampstead still holds his oriental carpet draped couch , on which some of the most famous patients in the history of psychiatry lay and revealed their traumas, including "wolf man", "Dora" and "rat man". He was also keen on archaeology and the antiquities of ancient Egypt and Greece, and kept a large collection of artefacts in his study, including an array of little statues of gods and cult figures on his desk.
Freud's grandchildren included the painter Lucian and the politician and author Clement, while the present generation includes the PR guru Matthew, who is married to Rupert Murdoch's daughter Elisabeth, and Emma, Esther and Bella, broadcaster, novelist and fashion designer respectively.
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