John Witherspoon

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Founding Father of the United States Presbyterian minister educator human statesman

John Witherspoon was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister, educator, and statesman who served as president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and became a prominent political leader during the American Revolution.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Founding Father of the United States → Presbyterian minister → educator → human → statesman →
causeOfDeath	injuries from a fall →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1723-02-05 →
dateOfDeath	1794-11-15 →
educatedAt	University of Edinburgh → University of St Andrews →
employer	Church of Scotland → College of New Jersey →
ethnicGroup	Scottish →
familyName	Witherspoon →
fieldOfWork	education → moral philosophy → theology →
givenName	John →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	Continental Congress → Presbyterian Church in the United States of America →
movement	American Revolution → Scottish Enlightenment →
nativeLanguage	Scots →
notableFor	advocacy for independence in the Continental Congress → leading role in shaping early American higher education →
notableStudent	Aaron Burr → James Madison → Philip Freneau →
notableWork	Lectures on Moral Philosophy →
numberOfChildren	10 →
occupation	clergyman → college president → politician → theologian →
placeOfBirth	Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland →
placeOfDeath	Princeton, New Jersey, United States →
positionHeld	President of the College of New Jersey → delegate to the Continental Congress → member of the New Jersey General Assembly → signer of the Articles of Confederation → signer of the United States Declaration of Independence →
religion	Presbyterianism →
residence	Princeton, New Jersey →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Elizabeth Montgomery Witherspoon →
workLocation	Princeton, New Jersey →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lectures on Moral Philosophy →	author
Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland →	birthplaceOf
Princeton Cemetery →	containsGraveOf
Witherspoon →	hasNotableBearer
Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland →	hasNotablePerson
Second Continental Congress →	member
American Enlightenment →	notableFigure
United States Declaration of Independence →	signer
Elizabeth Montgomery Witherspoon →	spouse
Elizabeth Montgomery Witherspoon →	supported