William Rivers
| W. H. R. Rivers | |
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Photograph of Rivers taken by Henry Maull
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| Born |
12 March 1864 Chatham, Kent |
| Died | 4 June 1922 (aged 58) Evelyn Nursing Home, Cambridge |
| Residence | Kent, London and Cambridge |
| Nationality | English |
| Fields |
Anthropology Ethnology Neurology Psychiatry Psychology |
| Institutions |
University College, London University of Cambridge Craiglockhart War Hospital |
| Alma mater |
University of London Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital |
| Doctoral students |
Charles Samuel Myers William McDougall John Layard Robert H. Thouless William James Perry |
| Known for |
1898 Torres Strait Islands expedition |
| Influenced |
Siegfried Sassoon Robert Graves Frederic Bartlett |
| Notable awards |
Honorary M.A from the University of Cambridge, 1897 Croonian Lecturer, 1906 Royal Medal, 1915 |
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1898 Torres Strait Islands expedition
Experiments on nerve regeneration with Henry Head
William Halse Rivers Rivers, FRCP, FRS, (12 March 1864 – 4 June 1922) was an English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist and psychiatrist, best known for his work treating World War I officers who were suffering from shell shock. Rivers's most famous patient was the poet Siegfried Sassoon, with whom he remained close friends until his own sudden death. Rivers was a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, and is also notable for his participation in the Torres Straits expedition of 1898 and his consequent work on the subject of kinship.
Rivers was born in 1864 at Constitution Hill, Chatham, Kent, son of Elizabeth Hunt (16 October 1834 – 13 November 1897) and Henry Frederick Rivers (7 January 1830 – 9 December 1911).
Records from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries show the Rivers family to be solidly middle-class with many Cambridge, Church of England and Royal Navy associations, the most famous of which were Midshipman William Rivers and his father Gunner Rivers who both served aboard HMS Victory.
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