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.

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John Witherspoon canonical 13

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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 Second Continental Congress ⓘ
surface form: Continental Congress

Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ
movement American Revolutionary era ⓘ
surface form: 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, United States ⓘ
surface form: Princeton, New Jersey
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Montgomery Witherspoon ⓘ
workLocation Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: Princeton, New Jersey

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American Declaration of Independence → signer → John Witherspoon ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Declaration of Independence
Second Continental Congress → member → John Witherspoon ⓘ
American Enlightenment → notableFigure → John Witherspoon ⓘ
Princeton Cemetery → containsGraveOf → John Witherspoon ⓘ
Witherspoon → hasNotableBearer → John Witherspoon ⓘ
Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland → birthplaceOf → John Witherspoon ⓘ
Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland → hasNotablePerson → John Witherspoon ⓘ
Lectures on Moral Philosophy → author → John Witherspoon ⓘ
Elizabeth Montgomery Witherspoon → spouse → John Witherspoon ⓘ
Elizabeth Montgomery Witherspoon → supported → John Witherspoon ⓘ
United States Founding Fathers → includes → John Witherspoon ⓘ
John Witherspoon → name → John Witherspoon ⓘ
Witherspoon family → hasNotableMember → John Witherspoon ⓘ