Thomas B. Kidner

Thomas B. Kidner (1866–1932) was one of the founders of the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy (NSPOT) later renamed the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). He served as president of the society from 1923 to 1928.

Life Kidner was born in 1866 in Bristol, England, the son of Robert Kidner and Mary Ann Bessell Kidner.

In 1890, he married Emily Edith Allen; they had three children.

He migrated to Canada in 1900 as one of three teachers selected by the Macdonald Manual Training Fund of Canada to introduce technical education to elementary school children. He then returned to his original occupation, working as an architect from 1926 until his death. He died suddenly at the home of his son, Arthur, in Beechhurst, NY, on June 14, 1932.