John Andrews (clergyman)

John Andrews (clergyman)

Rev. John Andrews, D.D. (1746–1813): Colonial/American clergyman; 4th Provost (1810–13), 3rd Vice Provost (1789–1810), and Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania; Principal of the Episcopal Academy of Philadelphia (1785–89); Rector of St. Thomas Church in Garrison Forest, Baltimore County, Maryland (1782–1784); founder of the bases of York College of Pennsylvania (1776); Minister of St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Lewes, Delaware) (1767–70); lecturer; and author of published textbooks and sermons. Accepted as life member of the American Philosophical Society (1787).

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