sep 10, 1937 - Jared Diamond Birth

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Diamond had one sister, his mother was a linguist, teacher, and concert pianist while his father was a pediatrician who specialized in blood diseases in children. He says that his family inspired curiosity in his often via both explaining things to his younger sister and learning from his parents. He went to high school at Roxbury Latin School where he took the few electives he had in foreign languages and art. This was because he had decided to become a doctor and reasoned that if he was to do science for the majority of his life why not persure other studies now? Later in life this lead him to learn 12 languages, and become an avid piano player, it also started him down the path of writing.