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In 1811 he gave a scientific explanation for the [[Great Flood]] and also for [[Moses]]’ exodus in his book "Observations of the Climate in Different Parts of America."

In 1811 he gave a scientific explanation for the [[Great Flood]] and also for [[Moses]]’ exodus in his book "Observations of the Climate in Different Parts of America."

==Early Life==

==Early life==

Williamson was born in West Nottingham, Pennsylvania, on the 5th of December, 1735. At the age of sixteen, he entered the first class in the College of Philadelphia, and at the first commencement held in that college he received the degree of bachelor of arts. He afterward commenced the study of divinity with Dr. Samuel Finley, and prosecuted it with such success that in 1759 he was licensed to preach.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cMhJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA182 The United States Manual of Biography and History: To which is Prefixed An Introductory History of the United States]</ref>

Williamson was born in West Nottingham, Pennsylvania, on the 5th of December, 1735. At the age of sixteen, he entered the first class in the College of Philadelphia, and at the first commencement held in that college he received the degree of bachelor of arts. He afterward commenced the study of divinity with Dr. Samuel Finley, and prosecuted it with such success that in 1759 he was licensed to preach.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cMhJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA182 The United States Manual of Biography and History: To which is Prefixed An Introductory History of the United States]</ref>

In 1787, Mr. Williamson was appointed a delegate from North Carolina, in the [[Constitutional Convention]] at Philadelphia who formed and signed the federal constitution of the United States.  Other members of the North Carolina delegation to the Convention were [[Richard Dobbs Spaight]], [[William Richardson Davie]], [[Alexander Martin]], and [[William Blount]].  While in Congress, he enjoyed a large share of influence, and was esteemed for the purity of his intentions and his inflexible devotedness to the interests of his country.

In 1787, Mr. Williamson was appointed a delegate from North Carolina, in the [[Constitutional Convention]] at Philadelphia who formed and signed the federal constitution of the United States.  Other members of the North Carolina delegation to the Convention were [[Richard Dobbs Spaight]], [[William Richardson Davie]], [[Alexander Martin]], and [[William Blount]].  While in Congress, he enjoyed a large share of influence, and was esteemed for the purity of his intentions and his inflexible devotedness to the interests of his country.

==Later Life==

==Later life==

In 1814, Mr. Williamson took an active part in the formation of the “Literary and Philosophical Society of New York.” His intellectual faculties remained to the last period of his life unbroken and in their full vigour. He died on the 22d of May, 1819, in the eighty-fifth year of his age.

In 1814, Mr. Williamson took an active part in the formation of the “Literary and Philosophical Society of New York.” His intellectual faculties remained to the last period of his life unbroken and in their full vigour. He died on the 22d of May, 1819, in the eighty-fifth year of his age.

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