Background
Nathan Talbot was born on November 25, 1909 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
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Talbot received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1932 from Harvard University.
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Talbot received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1936 from Harvard Medical School.
Nathan Talbot was born on November 25, 1909 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Talbot received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1932 from Harvard University, and his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1936 from Harvard Medical School.
Nathan Talbot began his career as an intern at Boston Children’s Hospital, from 1936 to 1938. He joined the faculty at Harvard University as an assistant professor, rising to Charles Wilder Professor of Pediatrics and head of the department by 1962, a position he retained throughout his career.
During World War II he worked at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was a member of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development Task Force that developed optimal life-raft rations for the army and the navy. He simultaneously served in the hospital’s pediatric ward, and eventually was appointed chief of children’s services there in 1962, retiring from both positions in 1977. His first book (as editor, with Jerome Kagan and Leon Eisenberg) was Behavioral Science in Pediatric Medicine, followed by Raising Children in Modern America. He was also the author of textbooks Functional Endocrinology and Metabolic Homeostasis and contributed more than one hundred articles to medical journals.
Nathan Talbot was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Pediatric Society.