Doctor of Medical Sciences Academician of the Russian Academy of Education RAE Dmitry Vasilyevich Kolesov made a significant contribution to the development of Russian pediatrics age physiology pedagogical science. Meanwhile his biography is still poorly studied and his significant scientific and creative heritage is unexplored unsystematic. This review in fact is the first attempt to draw attention to the personality of a prominent Russian scientist whose published works continue to be relevant and in demand. The review summarizes two main stages of D. V. Kolesov's biography work at the Department and at the Clinic of Childhood Diseases of the 1st Moscow Medical Institute named after I. M. Sechenov and at the Institute of Physiology of Children and Adolescents of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences RAE. The main directions of his scientific interests are presented some of the results of his research are noted. The arguments about the expediency of familiarizing representatives of various specialties primarily sociologists political scientists and historians with the work of D. V. Kolesov are presented.

pediatrics physiology psychology pedagogy sociology children's body endocrine system health education.