Benjamin Rush

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:advocatesFor abolition of slavery
public education
temperance
prison reform
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh_Medical_School
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkb:Pennsylvania_Hospital
gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:birthDate 1746-01-04
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Byberry,_Pennsylvania,_British_America
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Christ_Church_Burial_Ground,_Philadelphia
gptkbp:children gptkb:Richard_Rush
gptkbp:deathDate 1813-04-19
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
gptkbp:field gptkb:medicine
gptkb:politics
gptkb:social_reform
education
psychiatry
gptkbp:honor Benjamin Rush State Park named after him
Rush Medical College named after him
Rush University named after him
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Benjamin Rush
gptkbp:influenced American medicine
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:William_Cullen
gptkb:John_Morgan
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:abolitionist
signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
founding father of the United States
pioneer in psychiatry
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:Continental_Congress
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Surgeon_General_of_the_Continental_Army
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Medical_Inquiries_and_Observations_Upon_the_Diseases_of_the_Mind
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:educator
gptkb:physician
gptkb:writer
politician
gptkbp:portrait https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Benjamin_Rush_by_Peale%2C_1783.jpg
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Presbyterianism
gptkbp:signature https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Benjamin_Rush_signature.svg
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Articles_of_Confederation
gptkb:United_States_Declaration_of_Independence
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Julia_Stockton_Rush
gptkbp:teacherOf gptkb:Samuel_Bard
gptkb:Thomas_Cooper
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Christ_Church_Burial_Ground,_Philadelphia
gptkb:John_Trumbull
gptkb:Signing_of_the_Declaration_of_Independence
gptkb:Universalist_Church_of_America
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4