Dr. Benjamin Rush

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gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh_Medical_School
gptkbp:author gptkb:Medical_Inquiries_and_Observations_Upon_the_Diseases_of_the_Mind
gptkb:Essays,_Literary,_Moral_and_Philosophical
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Fellow_of_the_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkbp:birthDate 1746-01-04
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Byberry,_Pennsylvania,_British_America
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
psychiatry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dr. Benjamin Rush
gptkbp:influenced abolitionist movement
public health in the United States
mental health reform
American medical education
gptkbp:influencedBy Enlightenment thinkers
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Surgeon_General_of_the_Continental_Army
founding father of the United States
pioneer in psychiatry
signer of the Declaration of Independence
advocate for abolition of slavery
advocate for prison reform
advocate for public education
advocate for temperance
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Continental_Congress
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physician
gptkb:social_reform
politician
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Charles_Willson_Peale
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Presbyterianism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Christ_Church_Burial_Ground,_Philadelphia
gptkbp:signature Benjamin Rush signature.svg
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:United_States_Declaration_of_Independence
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Julia_Stockton_Rush
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