American Revolution Dec 24, 1745: Benjamin Rush is born On this day in 1745, patriot, physician and social reformer Benjamin Rush is born in Byberry Township, Pennsylvania. The two great Benjamins of the revolutionary generation, Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush, shared status as Renaissance men and Philadelphians. Despite Franklins greater fame, Dr. Rush was actually the better-educated, more widely traveled and more broadly experienced of the two. Continued at history/this-day-in-history/benjamin-rush-is-born?catId=1
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