Benjamin Spock
Sign in to saveAmerican pediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care (1903-1998)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1903
- Died
- 1998
- Works
- 120
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 10
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 64,943x
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 47,759x
- DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data
· 2016 · cited 31,533x
- PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses
· 2007 · cited 30,827x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,002x
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Key facts
- Born
- Benjamin McLane Spock , May 2, 1903, New Haven, Connecticut , U.S.
- Died
- March 15, 1998 (1998-03-15) (aged 94), San Diego , California, U.S.
- Education
- Yale University ( BA ), Columbia University ( MD )
- Spouse
- Jane Cheney ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1927 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1976 ) Mary Morgan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1976 )
- Relatives
- Marjorie Spock (sister)
- Awards
- E. Mead Johnson Award (1948)
- Fields
- Pediatrics , psychoanalysis
- Institutions
- Mayo Clinic 1947–1951, University of Pittsburgh 1951–1955, Case Western Reserve University 1955–1967
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Key dates
- Born
- 2 May 1903
- Died
- 15 March 1998
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Benjamin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Haven
- Place of death
- La Jolla
- Occupation
- pediatrician
- Employer
- University of Pittsburgh
- Political party
- People's Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
Article
Benjamin McLane Spock (May 2, 1903–March 15, 1998), widely known as Dr. Spock, was an American pediatrician, Olympic athlete, and left-wing political activist. His book Baby and Child Care (1946) is one of the best-selling books of the 20th century, selling 500,000 copies in the six months after its initial publication and 50 million by the time of Spock's death in 1998. The book's premise told mothers, "You know more than you think you do." Spock was widely regarded as a trusted source for parenting advice in his generation.
Spock was the first pediatrician to study psychoanalysis in an effort to understand children's needs and family dynamics. His ideas influenced several generations of parents, encouraging them to be more flexible and affectionate with their children and to treat them as individuals. However, his theories were widely criticized by colleagues for relying heavily on anecdotal evidence rather than serious academic research.
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1903 births1976 United States vice-presidential candidates1998 deaths20th-century American male writers20th-century American medical doctors20th-century American memoirists20th-century American sportsmenAmerican anti–nuclear weapons activistsAmerican anti–Vietnam War activistsAmerican family and parenting writersAmerican humanistsAmerican male non-fiction writers