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Excerpt from The Pegasus of 1932 He was born in North Scotland, 1727; graduated from University of Aber deen, 1747; taught three years in Scotland; came to America, 1751 became first Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, 1759-1779; received honorary D.D. From Oxford, Aberdeen, and Trinity College (dublih); founded Washington College, 1782; was chosen first Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Maryland, 1783, but was never consecrated; served a second term as Provost of University of Pennsylvania, 1789-1791; died 1803.coonia Forefathers, this. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.