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- Born
- 1909
- Died
- 1994
- Works
- 51
Top works
- 愛と意志
- Suggestions to the counselor
- The Reach of Mind
- Amor y voluntad
- Man's search for himself
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1909-04-21 ) April 21, 1909, Ada, Ohio , U.S.
- Died
- October 22, 1994 (1994-10-22) (aged 85), Tiburon, California , U.S.
- Education
- Oberlin College ( BA ) Union Theological Seminary ( BDiv ) Columbia University ( PhD )
- Occupations
- Psychologist Author
- Known for
- Love and Will (1969)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- May
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Ada
- Place of death
- Tiburon
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Columbia University
- Employer
- Yale University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Image
- Rollo May USD Alcalá 1977.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1909-04-21
- date of death
- 1994-10-22
- influenced by
- Henri Ellenberger
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- Rollo May
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Encyclopedic overview
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Rollo Reece May (April 21, 1909 – October 22, 1994) was an American existential psychologist and author of the influential book Love and Will (1969). He is often associated with humanistic psychology and existentialist philosophy, and alongside Viktor Frankl, was a major proponent of existential psychotherapy . The philosopher and theologian Paul Tillich was a close friend who had a significant influence on his work.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rollo May” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.