John D. Ketchum

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John Davidson Ketchum
Born
John Davidson Ketchum

1893
Died1962
NationalityCanadian
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
Scientific career
FieldsSocial Psychology
InstitutionsUniversity of Toronto

John Davidson Ketchum was a Canadian psychologist.

Career[]

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 A Prison Camp Society. 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[]

  • Ketchum, J.D. (1961). A Prison Camp Society.[3]

Positions[]

Heritage[]

The department of psychology at the University of Toronto awards annually the John Davidson Ketchum Memorial Scholarship.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Grunes, Marissa. "In Ruhleben Camp: Arrival in Ruhleben". Et. Seq: The Harvard Law School Library Blog. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  2. ^ "John D. Ketchum". University of Toronto Archives. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  3. ^ Ketchum, John (1965). The Prison Camp Society. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
  4. ^ "Past Presidents". Canadian Psychological Association. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Department of Psychology". University of Toronto. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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