Background
Knapp, Robert Hampden was born on April 16, 1915 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Joseph Burke and Cornelia (Pinkham) Knapp.
Knapp, Robert Hampden was born on April 16, 1915 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Joseph Burke and Cornelia (Pinkham) Knapp.
Bachelor of Arts, University Oregon, 1938, Master of Arts, 1939. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1940, Doctor of Philosophy, 1948. Master of Arts (honorary), Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1956.
; children—Robert Hampden, Abigail Pinkham, Hiatt Jefferson, Sarah Elizabeth.
Member faculty Wesleyan University, 1946-1974, now professor psychology, also department chairman Deputy director, Ford Foundation, 1953-1954. Member Governor Connecticut Board Certification Psychologists, 1959. Chairman Planning and Zoning Commission, Haddam, Connecticut, 1957-1959.
Democratic candidate for Connecticut Legislature, 1956.
Served with Office of Strategic Services, Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Member American Psychological Association (president division psychology and the arts 1967-1968, executive council 1971-1974), American Orthopsychiat.
Association, American Society Aesthetics, American Association Humanistic Psychology, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Sigma Nu. Club: Harvard (New York City).
Married Johnsia Nelson, March 19, 1945 (divorced 1972). Children: Robert Hampden, Abigail Pinkham, Hiatt Jefferson, Sarah Elizabeth.