Definition of Benjamin rush

1. Noun. Physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813).

Exact synonyms: Rush
Generic synonyms: American Revolutionary Leader, Doc, Doctor, Dr., Md, Medico, Physician

Lexicographical Neighbors of Benjamin Rush

Benjamin
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin David Goodman
Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin Bridge
Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr.
Benjamin Harris
Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
Benjamin Jonson
Benjamin Jowett
Benjamin Kubelsky
Benjamin Peirce
Benjamin Ricketson Tucker
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Shahn
Benjamin Spock
Benjamin Thompson
Benjamin West
Benjamin bush
Benjamins
Benji
Benjie
Benjy
Bennet
Bennett
Bennett's fracture
Bennett angle
Bennett movement

Literary usage of Benjamin rush

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans: With Biographical by H. J. Herring, James Barton Longacre (1853)
"... benjamin rush, MD benjamin rush was born on his father's farm, in Byberry township, Philadelphia county, on the 24th day of December, 1745. ..."

2. The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including the Private as Well as the by Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow (1904)
"TO benjamin rush LONDON, 14 July,. DEAR SIR:—I received your favor of May 1st, with the pamphlet, for which I am much obliged to you. It is well written. ..."

3. Patriot-Improvers: Biographical Sketches of Members of the American by Whitfield Jenks Bell (1997)
"One may start with Nathan G. Goodman, benjamin rush, Physician and Citizen, 1746-1813 (Phila., 1934); LH Butterfield, ed., Letters of benjamin rush ..."

4. American Philosophy: The Early Schools by Isaac Woodbridge Riley, Woodbridge Riley (1907)
"benjamin rush, (1745-1813) of Philadelphia, was the most conspicuous of the American medical materialists of the eighteenth century. ..."

5. The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life by John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1856)
"... TO benjamin rush. Quincy, 25 December, 1811. I never was so much at a loss how to answer a letter as yours of the 16th. Shall I assume a sober face and ..."

6. The Works of Alexander Hamilton by Alexander Hamilton (1904)
"benjamin rush 1 DEAR SIR: NKW YORK, Feb. Ia, 1802. I felt all the weight of the obligation which I owed to you and your amiable family for the tender ..."

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