Erik Erikson

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]