About Harry Kozol
Lived 1906 – 2008 (aged 102). Harry Kozol was a neurologist.
Harry Kozol (August 2, 1906 – August 27, 2008) was an American neurologist who helped establish the fields of forensic psychiatry and neuropsychiatry. Kozol treated or analyzed several well-known figures, including playwright Eugene O'Neill, the Boston Strangler, and heiress Patty Hearst.
He married Ruth (Massell) Kozol and was the father of Jonathan Kozol. In later years, Kozol suffered from Alzheimer's disease, and his son wrote a book about the family's experience, The Theft of Memory.
He graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Medical School.
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Who was Harry Kozol?
American neurologist
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Harry Kozol was born on 2 August 1906.
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Harry Kozol died on 27 August 2008.
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Harry Kozol was a neurologist.
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