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Dr. Benjamin Rush (January 4, 1746 [O.S. December 24, 1745] – April 19, 1813) was an American revolutionary, a Founding Father of the United States and signatory to the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, educator, and the founder of Dickinson College.
At an early age, James Rush was pressured by his father, Benjamin Rush, to become a physician and eventually take over the family practice. After graduating from Princeton in 1805, Rush studied under his father at the University of Pennsylvania, learning and adopting many of his medical practices, the most notable of which was the practice of bloodletting.
Alice Rush McKeon was a Maryland author and environmentalist. [1] She was born in March 1884 in Philadelphia, PA, and died in Ruxton, MD in February 1979. [ 2 ] McKeon was a direct descendent of founding father and signatory of the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Rush . [ 3 ]
Dr. John Redman (February 22, 1722 – March 19, 1808) was the first president of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the medical preceptor of Benjamin Rush. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , after finishing his preparatory education in William Tennent 's Log College , he began studying physic with John Kearsley Mitchell , then one ...
Jacob Rush, brother of Benjamin Rush, was born near Philadelphia, [1] perhaps in Byberry Township, [2] Pennsylvania, about December, 1746, or January, 1747. [1] He was graduated at Princeton in 1765, settled in the practice of law in Philadelphia, was a judge of the High Court of Errors and Appeals of Pennsylvania in 1784–1806, president of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia in 1806 ...
Dr. Rush may refer to: Dr. Benjamin Rush, a founding father of the United States. Dr. J. H. Rush, an American physician. Dr. Nicholas Rush, a fictional character in ...
Next on the royal family tree is Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, the first-born son of Prince Charles and his late wife, Diana, Princess of Wales. By virtue of his being male, from the moment ...
In 1788, Derham and Dr. Benjamin Rush met each other in Philadelphia, and corresponded with one another for twelve years. Derham's final letter to Rush in 1802 is the last record of his existence. It is believed that after the Spanish authorities restricted Derham to treating throat diseases in 1801, Derham left his practice in New Orleans. [3]