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James Oglethorpe

James Oglethorpe
James Oglethorpe, English general and politician, 1st Colonial Governor of Georgia (d. 1785)

James Edward Oglethorpe was a British soldier, Member of Parliament, and philanthropist, and the founder of the Province of Georgia in what was then colonial-era British America. As a social reformer, he hoped to resettle Britain's "worthy poor" in the New World, initially focusing on those in debtors' prisons.

22 December 1696

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