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Rivers was born in 1864 in Kent, and studied medicine, later developing an interest in psychology. He taught at the University of Cambridge and joined the university's expedition to the Torres Straits in 1898, subsequently carrying out extensive study of kinship in Melanesia. During the war, he worked at Craiglockhart Military Hospital near Edinburgh, where he applied techniques of psychoanalysis to British officers suffering from various forms of neurosis brought on by their war experiences. Sassoon came to him in 1917Events January 2 The Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank. January 22 World War I: President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe. January 25 The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million January 25 Anti- after publicly refusing to return to his regiment, but was treated with sympathy and given much leeway until he voluntarily returned to France. For Rivers, there was a considerable dilemma involved in "curing" his patients simply in order that they could be sent back to the Western FrontSee Western Front (disambiguation) for other meanings. Western Front was a term used during the First and Second World Wars to describe the "contested armed frontier" between lands controlled by Germany to the East and the Allies to the West. A "contested to die.

After the war, Rivers published the results of his experimental treatment of patients at Craiglockhart. He remained particularly friendly with Sassoon, who regarded him as a mentor. They shared Socialist sympathies. Rivers died suddenly in 1922.

The life of W.H.R. Rivers and his encounter with Sassoon was fictionalised by Pat BarkerPat Barker (born May 8, 1943) is an English writer and historian. She published her first novel, Union Street in the 1980s and has since won critical acclaim for her First World War series, the Regeneration trilogy , which documents the wartime experience in the Regeneration Trilogy, a series of three books including Regeneration ( 19911991 like 2002, is a palindromic year. It also has the same calendar as 2002, including Easter on March 31. It is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 2 Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first blac), The Eye of The Door ( 19931993 is a common year starting on Friday and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003 Events January January 1 Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic.) and The Ghost Road ( 19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja). The trilogy was greeted with considerable acclaim, with The Ghost Road being awarded the Booker PrizeThe Booker Prize for Fiction is awarded each year for the best novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. It was established by the retail wholesaler Booker plc in 1968. To maintain the consistent excellence of the prize, j in the year of its publication.