The First President of The University of Georgia - First of its Kind on Waymarking.com

Founder of The University of Georgia

Born in North Gilbert, Connecticut,

November 2, 1754; Graduate of Yale,

1772; Liscensed to preach by the New

Haven Association of Ministers, 1775;

Tutor in Yale, 1775-1779; Chaplain

in the Continental Army, 1779-1783;

Admitted to the Bar, 1783; Moved to

Georgia the same year; Member of

The Georgia Legislature and of the

Contintenal Congress, 1785-1788;

Member of the Federal Constitutional

Convention, 1787, Saving that body

from disruption; Wrote the Charter of

The University of Georgia, 1785, the

first charter for a State University

to be adopted by any American State;

First President of The University,

serving from 1785 to 1801; Member

of The United States House of

Representatives, 1789-1799; Member

of The United States Senate,

1799-1807; Died March 4, 1807.

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