Erikson

Life of Erik Erikson

By mweave6

  • Erik was born

  • Married his Wife

    Erikson's wife, Joan Serson Erikson, was born in Canada

  • Son was born

    Kai T. Erikson

  • Immigrated to the United States

    practiced child psychoanalysis and joined the Harvard Medical School faculty

  • Went to Yale University

  • Taught at Yale

    first studies of cultural influences on psychological development

  • Taught at U.C. Berkeley

  • His first book was published, it was called Childhood and Society.

  • Left U.C. Berkeley

  • Taught at Harvard

    He returned to Harvard in the 1960s as a professor of human development and remained there until his retirement in 1970.

  • Retired

  • Spoke for National Endowment for the Humanities

    In 1973 the National Endowment for the Humanities selected Erikson for the Jefferson Lecture, the United States' highest honor for achievement in the humanities.

  • Erik died