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George Fox (died 1828)

  • Class of 1780
  • Trustee 1789-1791 and 1812-1828
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  • Member of the Pennsylvania Assembly
  • Member of the American Philosophical Society
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    A son of the Hon. Joseph Fox, George Fox was a student in the Academy and the College of Philadelphia from 1773 until 1777. He was married twice, the second time to Mary, daughter of General Philemon Dickinson, Class of 1759.

    Fox was elected a trustee of the University of the State of Pennsylvania (now the University of Pennsylvania) in 1789. He retired from this position in 1791, but later returned as a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania, serving from 1812 until his death in 1818.

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