Winthrop Kellogg

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Winthrop Niles Kellogg (born 1898 in Mount Vernon, New York; died 1972 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) was a psychologist best known for writing the study "The Ape and The Child"[1], Hafner Publishing Company New York and London, 1967. He received his doctorate in psychology from Columbia University. He taught at Indiana University and later at Florida State University.[2]

Winthrop Kellogg's study "The Ape and the Child" involved his raising a chimpanzee infant, Gua, along with his own son for a period of 9 months, and reported on their comparative behaviors and development. He is also known for studies of echolocation in porpoises and humans.[3]

[edit] Web sources

  1. ^ The Ape and The Child, A Research Project Conducted at Orange Park Florida (1931 - 1932)
  2. ^ Florida State University bio
  3. ^ Slate
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