Warren, Joseph

(1741-1775), an American patriot, was a graduate of Harvard and a physician of Boston. In the years immediately preceding the outbreak of the Revolution Dr. Warren was foremost among the Ma achusetts patriots. He was a noted orator, a member of the Committees of Correspondence, president of the Provincial Congre of 1774, and chairman of the Committee of Public Safety. He was actively engaged in organizing the volunteers in the spring of 1775. The Ma achusetts Provincial Congre made him a major-general. Waiving his rank, he fought at the battle of Bunker Hill as a private soldier, and was the chief victim. His life has been written by A. H. Everett and by R. Frothing ham.