Erickson's Timeline Assignment

  • Erikson Born

    Eriskson was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • Erickson moves

    After Erickson was born, his mother moved both of them to Karlsruhe, Germany, and married Erickson's pediatrician.
  • Adopted

    Eriskson was adopted by his stepfather but believe him to be his actual father until later in his life.
  • First paper

    Erickson published his first paper
  • Married

    Erickson married joan serson
  • Fled Country

    Hitler rose to power and erickson feared they would come to where he lived so he and his family fled to denmark and were unable to gain citizenship so they fled to america.
  • Harvard

    After arriving in america, erickson took a job teaching at Harvard Medical School
  • Graduated

    Erickson graduated from college and obtained his degree in child psychoanalysis.
  • Erickson left harvard

    Erikson left Harvard to become a member of the Institute of Human Relations at Yale University.
  • Erickson changed his name

    Erickson changed his surname from his adopted name of Homburger to Erickson.
  • Erickson left Yale

    Erickson Left Yale to move to san francisco
  • Berkeley

    Erickson became a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley
  • Wrote essays

    Erickson wrote essays in the 40s that would later become his book "Childhood and society"
  • Erickson resigned from Berkeley

    Berkeley asked Erickson to sign a loyalty oath, but Erickson refused and resigned from his position.
  • Joined Austen Riggs Center

    After resigning from Berkeley, he joined a psychiatric treatment facility called the Austen Riggs Center.
  • Rejoined Harvard

    Erickson went back to working at Harvard.
  • Retired

    Erickson Retired
  • Erickson Died