• Benjamin Rush, Philadelphia’s Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father
Benjamin Rush, Philadelphia’s Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father with Stephen Fried. Sponsored by the Department of Urban Public Health and the Explorer Connection
Portrait of Benjamin Rush by Charles Willson Peale, 1783 Signature on the Declaration of Independence
Winterthur Museum
James Peale (1749-1831), Ann Emily Rush, Oil on Canvas, La Salle University Art Museum.
Purchased with funds provided by Philip Reiff, Mansfield W. Williams, and Alexis C. Manice
(Ann Emily was Benjamin Rush's daughter - click on the picture for more information)
Primary Books
The Autobiography of Benjamin Rush by Call Number: E302.6.R85 R8 1970 2nd FloorISBN: 9780837130378Publication Date: 1970-03-27
Letters of Benjamin Rush by Call Number: R154.R9 A4 v. 1 and 2, 3rd FLOOR MEZZANINEPublication Date: 1951An account of the manners of the German inhabitants of Pennsylvania by
Call Number: SPEC COLL GERMANTOWN F160.G3 R8 1875 LIB. USE ONLYPublication Date: 1789
University of Pennsylvania Archives
- “Benjamin Rush (1746-1813).” Penn PeoplePenn Trustee, Member of Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Surgeon at Pennsylvania Hospital and professor of chemistry.
Videos
Biography
Rush by Call Number: E302.6.R85 F75 2018, 2nd FLOORISBN: 9780804140089Publication Date: 2019-09-03
Benjamin Rush by Call Number: E302.6.R85 B76 2004 2nd FloorISBN: 0312309112Publication Date: 2004-06-01Benjamin Rush: physician and citizen, 1746-1813 by
Call Number: R154.R9 G65 3rd MezzaninePublication Date: Jan 1, 1934
Benjamin Rush: physician, patriot, founding father by Call Number: R154.R9 R5Publication Date: 1964
Benjamin Rush; revolutionary gadfly by Call Number: E302.6.R85 H3 2nd FloorPublication Date: 1971
Articles
- Special Issue of Early American Studies, An Interdisciplinary Journal. Spring2017, Vol. 15 Issue 2Entire issue discusses the life of physician and Founding Father Benjamin Rush with a focus on his populism, interpersonal relations, and the connection between medicine and politics.
