What is Erik Erikson?
[[Image:Erik Erikson.jpg|thumb|right|Erik Erikson]] '''Erik Homburger Erikson''' (born '''Erik Salomonsen'''; 15 June 1902 – 12 May 1994) was a [[Germany|German]]-born [[Americans|American]] [[Developmental psychology|developmental psychologist]] and [[Psychoanalysis|psychoanalyst]]. Erikson is known for his [[Erikson's stages of psychosocial development|theory on psychosocial development]] of human beings. Erikson is also known for coining the phrase ''[[identity crisis]]''. His son is [[Kai T. Erikson]], a [[Sociology|sociologist]]. In 1970, Erikson won a [[Pulitzer Prize]] in ''General Nonfiction''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1970|accessdate=2014-04-15|title=1970 Winners: Letters, Drama, and Music|publisher=[[Columbia University]]}}</ref> and won a U.S. [[National Book Award]] in the ''Philosophy and Religion'' category,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalbook.org/nba1970.html#.U0z9o_ldWP4|accessdate=2014-04-15|title=National Book Awards - 1970|publisher=[[National Book Foundation]]}}</ref> both for ''[[Gandhi's Truth]]''. Erikson died at the Rosewood Manor Nursing Home in [[Harwich, Massachusetts|Harwich]], [[Massachusetts]] on 13 May 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0615.html|accessdate=2014-04-15|title=Erik Erikson, 91, Psychoanalyst Who Reshaped Views of Human Growth, Dies|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.erikson.edu/ The Erikson Institute website] {{DEFAULTSORT:Erikson, Erik}} [[Category:1902 births]] [[Category:1994 deaths]] [[Category:American psychologists]] [[Category:Harvard University alumni]] [[Category:Jewish American academics]] [[Category:Jewish American scientists]] [[Category:Jewish German scientists]] [[Category:Jews who converted to Christianity]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:Scientists from Frankfurt]] [[Category:Refugees from Nazism]] [[Category:Scientists from Massachusetts]] [[Category:Harvard University faculty]]