- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- James Oglethorpe (1696-1785)
- Creator:
- Jackson, Edwin L.
- Date of Original:
- 2003-12-02
- Subject:
- Colonists--Georgia
Governors--Georgia - People:
- Oglethorpe, James, 1696-1785
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about James Oglethorpe. As visionary, social reformer, and military leader, James Oglethorpe conceived of and implemented his plan to establish the colony of Georgia. It was through his initiatives in England in 1732 that the British government authorized the establishment of its first new colony in North America in more than five decades. Later that year he led the expedition of colonists that landed in Savannah early in 1733. Oglethorpe spent most of the next decade in Georgia, where he directed the economic and political development of the new colony, defended it militarily, and continued to generate support and recruit settlers in England and other parts of Europe.
GSE identifier: SS2CG3, SS8H2, SS2H1 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/james-oglethorpe-1696-1785/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "James Edward Oglethorpe (1696-1785)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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