For other people with similar names, see Eric Erickson (disambiguation).
Erik Erikson
Born
Erik Salomonsen
(1902-06-15)15 June 1902
Frankfurt, Hesse, German Empire[8]
Died
12 May 1994(1994-05-12) (aged 91)
Harwich, Massachusetts, U.S.[8]
Citizenship
American
German
Spouse
Joan Serson
(m. 1930)
Children
4, including Kai T. Erikson
Awards
Pulitzer Prize (1970)
National Book Award (1970)
Academic background
Influences
Ruth Benedict[1]
Anna Freud[2]
Sigmund Freud[3]
Margaret Mead[1]
Academic work
Discipline
Psychology
Sub-discipline
Developmental psychology
psychoanalysis
Institutions
Yale University
University of California, Berkeley
University of Pittsburgh
Harvard University
Notable students
Richard Sennett
Notable works
Childhood and Society (1950)
Young Man Luther (1958)
Gandhi's Truth (1969)
The Life Cycle Completed (1987)
Notable ideas
Theory on psychological development
Influenced
Eric Berne[4]
Robert Coles[5]
James W. Fowler[6]
Howard Gardner[7]
James Marcia
Erik Homburger Erikson (born Erik Salomonsen; 15 June 1902 – 12 May 1994) was an American child psychoanalyst known for his theory on psychosocial development of human beings. He coined the phrase identity crisis.
Despite lacking a university degree, Erikson served as a professor at prominent institutions, including Harvard, University of California, Berkeley,[9] and Yale. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Erikson as the 12th most eminent psychologist of the 20th century.[10]
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