(Master of Surgery) from McGill University Medical School in 1935, receiving high marks and accolades from the medical faculty. She encouraged Eric to follow in his father’s footsteps and to study medicine in Montreal. Bernstein then supported herself and her two children working as an editor and writer. Bernstein died of tuberculosis at age 38. Eric later recounted stories of travelling on a horse-pulled sleigh on ice in the cold Montreal winters with his father to visit patients. Eric was close to his father and spoke fondly of how he accompanied his father, a physician, on medical rounds. Both parents graduated from McGill University in Montreal. The family immigrated to Canada from Poland and Russia. His only sibling, his sister Grace, was born five years later. He was the son of David Hillel Bernstein, MD, a general practitioner, and Sarah Gordon Bernstein, a professional writer and editor. David Hillel Bernstein, father of Eric BerneĮric Berne was born on in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as Leonard Bernstein.
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