Peter Hobart Knapp

Background

Knapp, Peter Hobart was born on June 30, 1916 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Martin Hobart and Sally (Hazard) Knapp.

Education

Bachelor, Harvard University, 1937. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1941.

Career

Intern and resident, Boston City Hospital, 1941-1943; resident in psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1946-1948; from assistant professor to professor, Boston University School Medicine, 1948-1991; professor emeritus, Boston University School Medicine, 1991; private practice psychiatry, Cambridge, Massachusetts, until 1991. Consultant National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1967-1984.

Achievements

• Peter Hobart Knapp has been listed as a noteworthy psychiatrist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Major United States Marine Corps, 1943-1946. Member American Psychoanalytic Association, American Psychosomatic Society (president 1969-1970), American Psychiatric Association (diplomate).

Connections

Married Shelby Owen, June 19, 1942 (divorced 1955). Children: Penelope, Peter Hazard, Martin Sedgwick. Married Jean Wechsler.

Children: Andrew Gannett, Rebecca Sedgwick, Caroline Hazard.

Father:

Martin Hobart Knapp

Mother:

Sally (Hazard) Knapp

Spouse:

Jean Wechsler

Spouse:

Shelby Owen

child:

Peter Hazard Knapp

child:

Rebecca Sedgwick Knapp

child:

Martin Sedgwick Knapp

child:

Andrew Gannett Knapp

child:

Caroline Hazard Knapp

child:

Penelope Knapp