JOHN WITHERSPOON
\d͡ʒˈɒn wˈɪðəspˌuːn], \dʒˈɒn wˈɪðəspˌuːn], \dʒ_ˈɒ_n w_ˈɪ_ð_ə_s_p_ˌuː_n]\
Definitions of JOHN WITHERSPOON
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- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1910 - Warner's dictionary of authors ancient and modern
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American Revolutionary leader and educator (born in Scotland) who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and president of the college that became Princeton University (1723-1794)
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American Revolutionary leader and educator (born in Scotland) who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and president of the college that became Princeton University (1723-1794)
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An American Presbyterian divine and educator; born at Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, Feb. 5, 1722; died near Princeton, N. J., Sept. 15, 1794. He was president of Princeton College, 1768; delegate for six years from New Jersey to the Continental Congress; a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He wrote: "Ecclesiastical Characteristics" (1753); "Nature and Effects of the Stage" (1757); "Essays on Important Subjects" (1764); "Considerations on the Nature and Extent of the Legislative Authority of the British Parliament" (1774); etc. ("Works", 9 vols., Edinburgh, 1804.)
By Charles Dudley Warner
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