John Davidson Ketchum (1893–1962) was a Canadian psychologist, author, and professor at the University of Toronto.
J. Davidson Ketchum | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1893 |
| Died | 1962 (aged 68–69) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Social psychology |
| Institutions | University of Toronto |
Career
editJ. Davidson Ketchum was born in 1893. He was originally planning to become a musician but the outbreak of the First World War changed his plans.
Ketchum was interned in the Ruhleben internment camp in Germany about which he later wrote in his book Ruhleben: A Prison Camp Society, published in 1965 after his death. He recalled that the prisoners were "almost a cross-section of British society, from the manor house to the slum; scarcely a trade or profession was unrepresented. All were jammed together in a small stableyard—company directors and seamen, concert musicians and factory workers, science professors and jockeys. Few had ever met previously; their only common bond was their British citizenship" (Ketchum, p. 2).[1]
He was active in the Canadian Psychological Association of which he became president in 1951.
He died in 1962. His records are kept in the University of Toronto Archives.[2]
Publications
edit- Ketchum, J.D. (1965). Ruhleben: A Prison Camp Society[3]
Positions
edit- President, Canadian Psychological Association (1951)[4]
Heritage
editThe department of psychology at the University of Toronto awards annually the J. Davidson Ketchum Graduate Award and Graduate Scholarship, which were established by his children, Dr. Edward J.D. Ketchum and Margaret (Ketchum) Catto, and her husband Col. John Catto, in the years after Davidson's death.[5]
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ Grunes, Marissa. "In Ruhleben Camp: Arrival in Ruhleben". Et. Seq: The Harvard Law School Library Blog. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "John D. Ketchum". University of Toronto Archives. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ Ketchum, John (1965). Ruhleben: A Prison Camp Society. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
- ^ "Past Presidents". Canadian Psychological Association. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "Faculty of Arts & Science Graduate Scholarships". University of Toronto. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2023.