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'''Benjamin Rush''' (1745-1813) was a colonial physician known as the "Father of American Medicine."  He was [[Founding Father]] who signed the [[Declaration of Independence]], he served as the Surgeon General of the [[Continental Army]], and he opened the first free medical clinic at the Pennsylvania Hospital, and made significant contributions to the philosophy of the [[American Enlightenment]].

'''Benjamin Rush''' (1745-1813) was a colonial physician known as the "Father of American Medicine."  He was [[Founding Father]] who signed the [[Declaration of Independence]], he served as the Surgeon General of the [[Continental Army]], and he opened the first free medical clinic at the Pennsylvania Hospital, and made significant contributions to the philosophy of the [[American Enlightenment]].

He also founded the Philadelphia Bible Society and was an abolitionist who founded the Society for the Abolition of Slavery.

He also founded the Philadelphia Bible Society and was an abolitionist who founded the Society for the Abolition of Slavery.  In 1808, he founded the Philadelphia Bible Society and was an abolitionist who founded the Society for the Abolition of Slavery.  Rush did not attend the [[Constitutional Convention]] and did not sign the [[U.S. Constitution]] draft there.

 

Raised in northeast Philadelphia, Rush's father was a farmer and gunsmith who died when Benjamin was only six years old.  His mother supported her family by running a Philadelphia grocery.  For five years Benjamin attended the West Nottingham Academy in Rising Sun, Maryland, and at age 13 was admitted as a junior. He graduated at age 14 as its youngest graduate ever, having already mastered its 5-year curriculum that required fluency in [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Latin]].  In 1808, he founded the Philadelphia Bible Society and was an abolitionist who founded the Society for the Abolition of Slavery.   

Rush did not attend the [[Constitutional Convention]] and did not sign the [[U.S. Constitution]] draft there.

Raised in northeast Philadelphia, Rush's father was a farmer and gunsmith who died when Benjamin was only six years old.  His mother supported her family by running a Philadelphia grocery.  For five years Benjamin attended the West Nottingham Academy in Rising Sun, Maryland, and at age 13 was admitted as a junior. He graduated at age 14 as its youngest graduate ever, having already mastered its 5-year curriculum that required fluency in [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Latin]].

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