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William Smith.
first provost of the University of Pennsylvania William Smith (1727–1803)
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About William Smith
William Smith was a Scottish-American Episcopal priest who served as first provost of the College of Philadelphia, which became the University of Pennsylvania. He also founded Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, and St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. He later founded the borough of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, where he was a significant land owner.
Everything about William Smith →- Occupation
- theologian, pedagogue, Christian minister, priest
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 7, 1727, 1727
- Died
- May 14, 1803, 1803