Abbott, Albert Holden, 1871-1934

Albert Holden Abbott was born on December 7, 1871, in Brockville, Ontario.

He was a Canadian psychologist and professor. He graduated from the University of Toronto and the University in Wurzburg, Germany (Ph.D. in philosophy and psychology, 1904). He was a professor of experimental psychology at the University of Toronto and in 1920, he became Secretary of the Canadian Red Cross. Abbott was the author of the books "Experimental Psychology and the Psychological Laboratory in the University of Toronto" (1900) and "Why Teach Psychology to Teachers-in-Training, and What Kind of Psychology Do They Need?" (1908).

In 1904, he married Grace Keam Dingle (1874–1959). He died on August 5, 1934, in Toronto, Ontario.