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Benjamin Rush

1745 - 1813

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Benjamin Rush (January 4, 1746 [O.S. December 24, 1745] – April 19, 1813) 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 right." He served as surgeon general of the Continental Army and became a professor of chemistry, medical theory, and clinical practice at the University of Pennsylvania.Rush was a leader of the American Enlightenment and an enthusiastic supporter of the American Revolution. He was a leader in Pennsylvania's ratification of the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Rush has received more than 1,330,644 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Benjamin Rush is the 501st most popular physician (down from 474th in 2019), the 5,178th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,303rd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Benjamin Rushes by language

Over the past year Benjamin Rush has had the most page views in the with 177,186 views, followed by German (14,652), and Spanish (5,898). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are German (277.24%), Polish (73.31%), and Southern Azerbaijani (65.50%)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Benjamin Rush ranks 501 out of 726. Before him are George Huntington, Tewhida Ben Sheikh, Abella, Ernest Starling, Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer, and Adolf Meyer. After him are Rebecca Guarna, Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Léon Jean Marie Dufour, Frank H. Netter, Ugo Cerletti, and Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Benjamin Rush ranks 38. Before him are Antonio José Cavanilles, Gim Hongdo, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Inō Tadataka, Franciszek Smuglewicz, and Johann Peter Salomon. After him are Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Félix María de Samaniego, Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, Timothy Pickering, Hannah More, and Johann Gottfried Köhler. Among people deceased in 1813, Benjamin Rush ranks 33. Before him are Maria Caterina Brignole, Jacques Delille, Robert Kerr, Theodor Körner, Edmund Randolph, and Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal. After him are Robert R. Livingston, Sophronius of Vratsa, James Wyatt, Zebulon Pike, George Clymer, and Alexander Wilson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin Rush ranks 5,178 out of 20,380. Before him are William Hickey (1927), Stephen Allen Benson (1816), Taylor Lautner (1992), Jimmy Fallon (1974), Alexis Bledel (1981), and Sunita Williams (1965). After him are Kelly LeBrock (1960), Brenda Strong (1960), Louis C.K. (1967), Elizabeth Wilson (1921), Jeff Conaway (1950), and Troy Donahue (1936).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Benjamin Rush ranks 53. Before him are Helen B. Taussig (1898), William Kaelin Jr. (1957), Crawford Long (1815), Charles Best (1899), Fernando J. Corbató (1926), and George Huntington (1850). After him are Frank H. Netter (1906), Vivien Thomas (1910), Alfred Blalock (1899), Kenneth H. Cooper (1931), Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884), and Thomas Horsfield (1773).

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