William Halse Rivers Rivers

1864–1922 (age 58)

Biography

William Halse Rivers Rivers combined his training as a physician with a deep curiosity about culture and the human mind, becoming one of the early voices in a compassionate psychiatry.

He devoted himself to helping those scarred by war and illness, leaving behind work admired by peers and remembered among the graves at Ascension Parish Burial Ground.

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