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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]], but he and [[James Wilson]] encouraged their state of [[Pennsylvania]] to quickly ratify the new [[U.S. Constitution]], the second state to do so.

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]], but he and [[James Wilson]] encouraged their state of [[Pennsylvania]] to quickly ratify the new [[U.S. Constitution]], the second state to do so.

==Early life==

==Early life and education==

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]].

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, and [[homeschooled]] Benjamin until age eight, when he was enrolled along with his brother in their uncle Samuel Finley's West Nottingham Academy in Rising Sun, Maryland.  At age 13 Benjamin was admitted as a junior to what later became [[Princeton University]]. 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]].

==Medical career==

==Medical career==