Erik Erikson

Also known as Erik Homburger Erikson, Erik H. Erikson

American German-born psychoanalyst & essayist

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Erik Erikson was a German-born American psychoanalyst and essayist who developed influential theories about human psychological development. His work matters because it shaped how we understand how people grow and change throughout their entire lives, from childhood through old age.

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Vinony catalogs Erik Erikson in its National Book Award collection (301 entries). It also appears in Pulitzer Prize.

Within Vinony's link graph, Erik Erikson is referenced by 1,066 other articles, and connects out to Frankfurt, Harvard University and psychoanalysis.

Vinony files it under 1902 births, 1994 deaths and 20th-century American male writers.

Its subject is documented across 65 Wikipedia language editions.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Erik
Family name: Erikson
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Frankfurt
Place of death: Harwich
Spouse: Joan Erikson
Occupation: educator
Educated at: University of Oxford
Employer: University of California, Berkeley
Languages spoken: English language
Image: Erik Erikson.jpg

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date of birth: 1902-06-15
date of death: 1994-05-12
Commons category: Erik Erikson
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
name in native language: Erik Homburger Erikson
influenced by: Anna Freud
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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interested in: psychoanalysis
student: Robert Jay Lifton
archives at: Houghton Library

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Encyclopedic overview

Erik Homburger Erikson (born Erik Salomonsen; 15 June 1902 – 12 May 1994) was a German-American child psychoanalyst and visual artist 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, and Yale. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Erikson as the 12th most eminent psychologist of the 20th century.

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