- Winthrop Kellogg
Winthrop Niles Kellogg (born 1898 in
Mount Vernon, New York ; died 1972 inFort Lauderdale, Florida ) was a psychologist best known for writing the study "The Ape and The Child" [ [http://www.psy.fsu.edu/history/wnk/ape.html The Ape and The Child, A Research Project Conducted at Orange Park Florida (1931 - 1932)] ] , Hafner Publishing Company New York and London, 1967. He received his doctorate in psychology fromColumbia University . He taught atIndiana University and later atFlorida State University . [ [http://www.psy.fsu.edu/history/wnk/bio.html Florida State University bio] ]He married Luella Dorothy Agger of
Indianapolis in December 1920 and had two children, Donald Agger Kellogg and Shirley Mae Kellogg.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 inporpoise s and humans. [ [http://www.slate.com/id/2154696 Slate] ]Web sources
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