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...the most influential psychoanalysts of the twentieth century. Born in Germany, Erikson traveled extensively throughout Europe as an itenerate art student before ultimately relocating to the United States in 1933 to study under Anna Freud. Eriksons education and contributions in psychology were made primarily after his relocation to the U.S. He taught at Harvard between 1933 and 1936 and again between 1960 and 1970. His clinical work targeted the social, culture, and environmental factors which influence behavior with his most notable contribution being the division of the human life cycle into specific psychosocial stages of development.

Personal Background
Erikson was born to Karla Abrahamsen in Frankfort Germany on June 15, 1902 (Wu, 2002). Eriksons Danish father had abandoned his pregnant wife some time before Erikson was born (Wu, 2002). No record appears to exist of the fathers name but, as it turns out, he would have no influence on Erikson other than that which was contributed genetically (Wu, 2002). The first three years of Eriksons life were spent being attended to by his mother (Boeree, 2002). When Erikson was...