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W. H. R. Rivers
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1864 – 1922
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Who was W. H. R. Rivers?
William Halse Rivers Rivers, FRCP, FRS, was an English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist and psychiatrist, best known for his work with soldiers during World War I who were suffering from shell shock. Rivers's most famous patient was the poet Siegfried Sassoon. He is also famous for his participation in the Torres Straits expedition of 1898, and his consequent seminal work on the subject of kinship.
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- Born
- Mar 12, 1864
Chatham - Also known as
- Dr. W.H.R. Rivers
- William Halse Rivers Rivers
- W H R Rivers
- Nationality
- England
- Education
- University of London
- Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry
- Lived in
- Kent
- Died
- Jun 4, 1922
Cambridge
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on July 23, 2013
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