Truly a Doctor of Science
By Nicholas
Dr. Benjamin Rush was born on December 24, 1745. When his father died, he was 5 years old and his mother moved the family to Pennsylvania. There, to support her family, she opened a simple grocery store. His first careers were being a doctor and a college teacher. Later he became a chemist and a political thinker. He is called America’s physician father because he knew so much about medicine. He replaced a Pennsylvania delegate who was absent and signed the famed Declaration of Independence. After that he was elected to Congress. During his time on Congress he tried to get George Washington removed from the general position. He failed and had to write a humiliating apology letter. Then he was quickly elected to the Surgeon General position. He died in Philadelphia in 1813. Dr. Benjamin Rush was truly a doctor of science.
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