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[[File:George wythe.jpg|right|thumb|150px| George Wythe]]
[[File:George wythe.jpg|right|thumb|150px| George Wythe]]
'''George Wythe''' (b. 1726 ; d. June 8, 1806 ) is an American Founding Father. He was a laywer, a vestryman of Bruton Parish Church, Clerk of the committee on Privileges and Elections for the House of Burgesses. Named Attorney General of Virginia by the Royal Governor, and elected to represent Williamsburg at the House of Burgesses until it was dissolved. He was revered as a man on great honor and integrity. America's first Professor of Law at [[William and Mary College]] and admitted to no greater love than that of forming young minds. <ref name="USHistory">[http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/signers/wythe.htm George Wythe, USHistory.org]</ref> Wythe was appointed as a delegate of [[Virginia]] to attend the [[Continental Congress]] that voted for and signed the [[Declaration of Independence]]. He was a speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, a Chancellor (Judge of the High Court) of the State of Virginia, and an abolitionist that freed many slaves. It was said that everyone who came into contact with him was very impressed.
'''George Wythe''' (b. 1726 ; d. June 8, 1806 ) is an American Founding Father. He was a lawyer, a vestryman of Bruton Parish Church, Clerk of the committee on Privileges and Elections for the House of Burgesses. Named Attorney General of Virginia by the Royal Governor, and elected to represent Williamsburg at the House of Burgesses until it was dissolved. He was revered as a man on great honor and integrity. America's first Professor of Law at [[William and Mary College]] and admitted to no greater love than that of forming young minds. <ref name="USHistory">[http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/signers/wythe.htm George Wythe, USHistory.org]</ref> Wythe was appointed as a delegate of [[Virginia]] to attend the [[Continental Congress]] that voted for and signed the [[Declaration of Independence]]. He was a speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, a Chancellor (Judge of the High Court) of the State of Virginia, and an abolitionist that freed many slaves. It was said that everyone who came into contact with him was very impressed.
==Early Life==
==Early Life==