Erik Erikson
Erik Erikson was born in Frankfort, Germany, on June 15, 1902. Erik's father was a Danish man who had abandoned his mother, Karla Abrahamsen, before he was born. Karla raised Eril alone for the first three years of his life in Frankfort before she remarried to Erik's pediatrician, Dr. Theodore Homberger. Karla and Theodore moved to Erik to Karlsruhe in southern Germany at about four, from Erik's recollection. Erik's name as a child and young adult was then Erik Homberger. After graduating high school, Erik traveled around Germany while taking art classes (Boeree).
When Erik was twenty-five he took a teaching position at an experimental school for American students. While teaching art he also received a certificate in Montessori education and one form the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society, with the help of Anna and Sigmund Freud. Erik has also met a Canadian dance teacher, Joan Serson, while teaching. Together Erik and Joan had three children, one who later went......

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