Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician, activist, and author (died 1998)

Benjamin Spock

American pediatrician, political activist, and writer (1903–1998)

Benjamin McLane Spock, widely known as Dr. Spock, was an American pediatrician, Olympian 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…