James Oglethorpe
Statesman, Politician
1696 – 1785
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Who was James Oglethorpe?
James Edward Oglethorpe was a British general, Member of Parliament, philanthropist, and founder of the colony of Georgia. As a social reformer, he hoped to resettle Britain's poor, especially those in debtors' prisons, in the New World.
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- Born
- Dec 22, 1696
Surrey - Parents
- Spouses
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Corpus Christi College, Oxford
(1714 - 1714) - University of Oxford
- Corpus Christi College, Oxford
- Died
- Jun 30, 1785
Cranham
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on July 23, 2013
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