Benjamin Rush
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 17th and 18th Centuries
- Categories: Government and Politics, Education, Medicine, Health
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, American Revolution, Revolutionary War, Teaching, Teachers, Doctors, Physicians, Nurses
- Curriculum: American Colonial History (1607-1775), American Revolutionary History (1776-1788), American Early National History (1789-1815)
Article abstract: In his day, Rush was widely regarded as the most important American physician and professor of medicine; today he is more likely to be remembered as a signer of the Declaration of Independence and an enthusiastic supporter of the Constitution.
Early Life
Benjamin Rush was born January 4, 1746, in Byberry, Pennsylvania, the fourth child of seven in the family. His father, John, a farmer and a gunsmith, died when Benjamin was five years old. As a result, his mother, Susanna (Hall) Harvey Rush, had to open a grocery store in order to...
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