Lieutenant-General James Edward Oglethorpe (22 December 1696 [1] – 30 June 1785) was a British Army officer, Tory politician and colonial administrator best known for founding the …

2003年12月2日 · James Oglethorpe, along with a twenty-one-member Board of Trustees, founded the colony of Georgia in 1733 and directed its development for nearly a decade. Although the …

2024年12月18日 · James Edward Oglethorpe was an English army officer, philanthropist, and founder of the British colony of Georgia in America. Educated at the University of Oxford, he …

2023年11月2日 · Explore Georgia history through the story of Georgia’s most famous founding father, James Edward Oglethorpe. The biographical materials in this exhibit tell the story of …

2023年11月2日 · Eleanor and Theophilus Oglethorpe welcomed their 10th and last child, James Edward, into the world on December 22, 1696. Oglethorpe grew up in a well-connected, …

2020年1月24日 · James Oglethorpe was one of the founders of the Georgia Colony. Born on December 22, 1696, he became well known as a soldier, politician, and social reformer. …

General James Edward Oglethorpe was one of the Georgia Trustees who convened King George II to grant a charter for a new colony in America during the early 1700s. He accompanied the …

James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of the colony of Georgia, was born on December 22, 1696, in Yorkshire, England. After graduating from Eton and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, …

On November 17, 1732, James Edward Oglethorpe and approximately 114 passengers left Gravesend, England, for Georgia on the frigate Anne. When the colonists set off, there was no …

2018年6月11日 · James Edward Oglethorpe (1696-1785), an English soldier, member of Parliament, and humanitarian, was the founder of the colony of Georgia in America. James …