Sylvia Payne

Sylvia May Payne CBE (née Moore; 6 November 1880 – 30 May 1976) was one of the pioneers of psychoanalysis in the United Kingdom.

Her father was incumbent of Brunswick Chapel[1] and an adherent of the Higher Life movement, being one of the founders of the Keswick Convention.

[2] During the First World War, Payne became commandant and medical officer in Torquay at the Red Cross Hospital for wounded soldiers.

[2] Payne developed an interest in psychoanalysis during the war and began training with Edward Glover at the Medico-Psychological Clinic on Brunswick Square, London.

She organised a stenographer to record the discussion accurately, so members who could not get to London because of war work could be kept in touch.

[2] In 1908 she married John Ernest Payne, a surgeon who had rowed for Cambridge in the Boat Race in 1899 and 1900, and stroked the winning Leander Club four in the Stewards' Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 1900.