Erik Erikson

Erik Homburger Erikson (born Erik Salomonsen; 15 June 1902 – 12 May 1994) was a German-born American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst. Erikson is known for his theory on psychosocial development of human beings. Erikson is also known for coining the phrase identity crisis. His son is Kai T. Erikson, a sociologist.

In 1970, Erikson won a Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction and won a U.S. National Book Award in the Philosophy and Religion category, both for Gandhi's Truth.

Erikson died at the Rosewood Manor Nursing Home in Harwich, Massachusetts on 12 May 1994.

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Other websites

The Erikson Institute website

1902 births

1994 deaths

American psychologists

Harvard University alumni

Jewish American academics

Jewish American scientists

Jewish German scientists

Jews who converted to Christianity

Naturalized citizens of the United States

Scientists from Frankfurt

Refugees from Nazism

Scientists from Massachusetts

Harvard University faculty

University of California, Berkeley faculty

Yale University faculty