Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
May, Rollo
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- May, Rollo, 1909-1994
Other form(s) of name
- Rollo May
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Description area
Dates of existence
1909-1994
History
Rollo May was the author of a number of books on existential psychology. Before earning he doctoral degree from Columbia University in 1949, he tried different disciplines, including studying at Union Theological Seminary with Paul Tillich. He was influenced both by existentialist writers and philosophers like Sören Kierkegaard and psychologists like Erich Fromm. May writes from New York. (Source: "May, Rollo." World Authors 1985-1990 (1995). Online. H.W. Wilson. Bellarmine University Library, Louisville, KY. 12 Dec. 2005. ‹http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com›.)