John Davidson (Uncle Dave) Ketchum

1893 - 1962  (68 years)

• Name	John Davidson (Uncle Dave) Ketchum
  Birth	10 Jun 1893	Cobourg, ON, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Apr 1962	Toronto, ON, Canada
  Person ID	I189475	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2005

  
  

  Family	Katherine (Aunt Kay) Henderson Dawson, M.D.,   b. 8 Jul 1903, Westmount, QC, Canada d. 20 Oct 1990, Toronto, ON, Canada (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	12 Jul 1934	Westmount, QC, Canada
  Children	1. Margaret Jane Ketchum   2. Edward John Dawson (Ted) Ketchum
  Family ID	F77912	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Dec 1997

  
  

• Notes

  From abstracts of the Canadian Psychological Association 2004 www.cpa.ca/cpa-scp2004/Abstract%20Thursday.pdf THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JD. KETCHUM: CANADA'S FIRST SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGIST John Connors - Canadian University College John Davidson Ketchum (1893-1962)is little known today but he was the most respected social psychologist in Canada at mid century. Born in Cobourg, Ontario, he was originally a music student studying piano in Germany just before the outbreak of World War I. He was interned with 4,000 Britishers in an abandoned horse racing track in Berlin in 1914 and spent 4 years there. The prisoners were left on their own and created their own society. This experience changed his life and led to a book, Rubleben, which was finally published posthumously. During the interim he taught in the Psychology Dept at the University of Toronto for 30 years and became known for his teaching, public speaking, and especially for his satirical piano compositions. He worked on the Wartime Information Board on studies of morale during WWII, was a president of the CPA, editor of the Canadian Journal of Psychology, and conducted a comprehensive study of social patterns in Toronto.