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What was the psychoanalytic turn that changed James Strachey's life?
The turn happened after James Strachey wrote a letter out of the blue to Freud, asking him if he would take him as a student.
Did Freud take James Strachey on as a student?
Freud did take on James Strachey as a student.
Are there any other interesting aspects about James Strachey?
He is perhaps best known as the general editor of The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud.
What other work did James Strachey do?
Strachey published three articles in the International Journal of Psychoanalysis between 1930 and 1935.

Question: What else was his known for?
Self-contained rewrite: What else was James Strachey known for?