Rivers, W. H. R. (William Halse Rivers), 1864-1922
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- Summary
- William Halse Rivers Rivers was an English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist and psychiatrist known for treatment of First World War officers suffering shell shock, so they could be returned to combat. Rivers' most famous patient was the war poet Siegfried Sassoon, with whom he remained close friends until his own sudden death. Wikipedia
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [4]
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4]
- Born
- 1864 [2]
- 1864-03-12 [4]
- Birth Place
- Chatham (Kent) [2]
- Chatham [4]
- Died
- 1922 [2]
- 1922-06-04 [4]
- Death Place
- Cambridge [2][4]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [4]
- psychiatrist [4]
- psychologist [4]
- neurologist [4]
- ethnologist [4]
- Employer
- University College London [4]
- University of Cambridge [4]
- Educated at
- University of London [4]
- St John's College [4]
- Tonbridge School [4]
- Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry [4]
- Country of Education
- United Kingdom [4]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Wikidata
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