JOHN WITHERSPOON

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• Full name: John Knox Witherspoon.
• Born: February 5, 1723 in Gifford, Scotland.
• Died: November 15, 1794 at age 71.
• Occupation: Founding Father, clergyman,
• President of College of New Jersey (now Princeton)

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EARLY LIFE

• He attended Haddington Grammar school.
• He obtained a Master of Arts and a Bachelor of Divinity.
• He received a Semeniary education for divinity.
• This is basically a Roman Catholic type education.
• He became a minister to the Church of Scotland.

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• He married Elizabeth Montgomery .
• They had 10 children, only 5 survived to adulthood.
• Witherspoon was a Protestant.
• A nationalist and supporter of republicanism.

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PLACE IN AMERICAN HISTORY

• Witherspoon was a great supporter of the Declaration of Independence.
• His signature is written on the declaration as well.

DEATH

• Witherspoon suffered eye injuries and went blind in 1792.
• He died in 1794 on his farm , Tusculum, at age 71.