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. Rivers' most famous patient was the war poet Siegfried Sassoon, with whom he remained close friends until his own sudden death. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4][5]
- Born
- 1864 [2]
- 1864-03-12 [5]
- Birth Place
- Chatham (Kent) [2]
- Chatham [5]
- Died
- 1922 [2]
- 1922-06-04 [5]
- Death Place
- Cambridge [2][5]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [5]
- psychiatrist [5]
- psychologist [5]
- neurologist [5]
- ethnologist [5]
- Employer
- University College London [5]
- University of Cambridge [5]
- Educated at
- St John's College [5]
- Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry [5]
- Tonbridge School [5]
- University of London [5]
- Country of Education
- United Kingdom [5]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [5]
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [5]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [5]
- Oxford Reference
- Overview [5]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Library of Congress
- 5. Wikidata
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