Benjamin H. Rand, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Benjamin H. Rand

American physician and academic

Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1827

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 14-Feb-1883

Profession: physician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Benjamin Howard Rand (October 1, 1827 – February 14, 1883) was an American academic physician at Jefferson Medical College.
He is depicted in Portrait of Professor Benjamin H.
Rand, an 1874 painting by Thomas Eakins.
It is oil on canvas and depicts Rand reading a book while petting a cat. Rand was born in Philadelphia and graduated from Jefferson in 1848.
Rand had taught Eakins high school chemistry.
From 1852 to 1864 Rand was secretary to the Academy of Natural Sciences.
Rand later became the chair of chemistry at the Franklin Institute, the Philadelphia Medical College until its closure in 1861, and served as Dean of Jefferson Medical College from 1864 to May 1877.
He retired at age 50 due to health reasons.
In April 2007, the portrait of Rand was purchased by Alice L.
Walton for an estimated US$20 million and will be housed at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.



Alternative names	Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins; Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins; C.D. Cook; Eakins
Description	American painter, aquarellist, sculptor and photographer
Date of birth/death	25 July 1844	25 June 1916
Location of birth/death	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
Work location	Philadelphia (ca. 1860–1916), Paris (1866–1870), Netherlands
Authority control	: Q214905 VIAF: 2478911 ISNI: 0000 0001 2117 8690 ULAN: 500115198 LCCN: n80061185 NLA: 35053200 WorldCat