# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-rush
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:56:00.124Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-rush"
name: "Benjamin Rush"
slug: "benjamin-rush"
description: "Benjamin Rush 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. Rush was a Pennsylvania delegate to the Continental Congress. He later described his efforts in support of the American Revolution, saying: \"He aimed well.\" He served as Surgeon General of the Middle Department of the Continental Army and became a professor of chemistry, medical theory, and clinical practice at the University of Pennsylvania."
tagline: "American physician, educator, and author (1746-1813)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin_Rush_Painting_by_Peale_1783.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
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birthDate: "1746-01-04"
deathDate: "1813-04-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump