biography
| name: |
Coles, Robert Martin
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| male
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| lived:
| (1929– )
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| biography:
| Psychiatrist and writer, born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. From 1960 he was affiliated with the Harvard University Medical School, becoming professor of psychiatry and medical humanities (1978). He devoted his professional life to the psychology of children, and wrote the Pulitizer Prize-winning series Children of Crisis (1967–78), which details the resilience and courage of young children in various ‘crisis’ situations throughout the world. |
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