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Penn in the 18th Century

College and University Professors

 

William Smith Ethics 1754-1791

Francis Alison
A.M. (hon.) 1759

Greek and Latin 1755-1759

Theophilus Grew
A.M. (hon.) 1757

Mathematics

1755-1759

Ebenezer Kinnersley
A.M. (hon.) 1757

English and Oratory

1755-1772

Paul Jackson
A.M. (hon.) 1757

Greek and Latin

1756-1758

John Beveridge Greek and Latin 1758-1767

John Ewing
 A.M. (hon.) 1759

Ethics
Natural Philosophy

1758-1762
1762-1778

Jacob Duché
 A.B. 1757, A.M. 1760

Oratory 1759-1778

Hugh Williamson
A.B. 1757, A.M. 1760, LL.D. (hon.) 1787

Mathematics

1761-1763

Thomas Pratt Mathematics 1760-1761,
1763 -1766

Thomas Dungan
 A.B. 1765, A.M. 1767

Mathematics

1766-1769

Paul Fooks French and Spanish 1766-1779

James Davidson
A.M. (hon.) 1780

Greek and Latin 1768-1779,
1782-1806

James Cannon
A.B. 1767

Mathematics 1773-1782

James Wilson
A.M. (Honorary) 1766; LL.D. 1790

English
Law

1773
1790-1798

David Rittenhouse
A.M. (hon.) 1767

Astronomy 1779-1782

Robert Davidson
A.B. 1771, A.M. (ad eundem) 1780,
D.D. (hon.) 1784

Greek and Latin

1780-1782

History 1782-1784

John Christopher Kunze
A.M. (hon.) 1780, D.D. (hon.) 1783

German and Hebrew 1780-1784

Archibald Gamble
 A.B. 1771

Oratory and English Language

1782-1784

Samuel Magaw
A.B. 1757, A.M. 1760,
D.D. (hon.) 1783
Moral Philosophy 1782-1791
Robert Patterson
A.M. (hon.) 1788, LL.D. (hon.) 1819
Mathematics
Natural Philosophy
1782-1813
1810-1813

Justus H.C. Helmuth
A.M. (hon.) 1780, D.D. (hon.) 1785

German 1784-1791
John Andrews
A.B. 1765, A.M. 1767

Moral Philosophy

1789-1813
William Rogers
A.M. (hon.) 1773, D.D. (hon.) 1790
Oratory and English Language 1789-1811

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