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This exhibit was researched, written and created by Mary D. McConaghy, Michael Silberman, and Irina Kalashnikova in 2004 as part of the celebration of Benjamin Franklin's 300th birthday.
DEGREES CONFERRED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Students are listed alphabetically for each class from 1790 to 1799:
Class of 1790
In this year degrees were conferred by both the College of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania.
Degrees conferred by the College of Philadelphia:
| Robert Andrews |
A.B. |
| Gerardus Clarkson |
A.B. |
| James Coxe |
A.B. |
| Henry Joseph Hutchins |
A.B. |
| William Tuckey Meredith |
A.B. |
| William Wilson |
A.B. |
| Benjamin Wood |
A.B. |
|
| Joseph Grove John Bend |
A.M. (hon.) |
|
| Lawrence Girelius |
D.D. (hon.) |
| Vicesimus Knox |
D.D. (hon.) |
| Edward Shippen |
D.D. (hon.) |
Degrees conferred by the University of Pennsylvania:
| William Bache |
A.B. |
| John Hill Brinton |
A.B. |
| Jacob Brown |
A.B. |
| Uriah DuBois |
A.B. |
| Christian Frederick Lewis Endress |
A.B. |
| Francis Alison Latta |
A.B. |
| Samuel Martin |
A.B. |
| David Shute |
A.B. |
| James Stuart |
A.B. |
|
| Robert Annan |
A.M. (hon.) |
|
| Samuel Blair |
D.D. (hon.) |
| John Frederick Schmidt |
D.D. (hon.) |
Non-graduates:
| Joseph Ball |
Non-graduate |
| Fell Bond |
Non-graduate |
| _____ Davidson |
Non-graduate |
| William Hahn (Haan) |
Non-graduate |
| Charles William Hartley |
Non-graduate |
| John Meredith |
Non-graduate |
| Joseph Stouse (Stauz, Staus, Stouze, Stous) |
Non-graduate |
| George Thompson |
Non-graduate |
| Jacob Wagner |
Non-graduate |
Class of 1791
Degrees were conferred by the University of Pennsylvania only from this year forward.
| Thomas Biddle |
A.B. |
| John Carson |
A.B. |
| John Cloyd |
A.B. |
| Thomas Ferguson |
A.B. |
| Joseph Hemphill |
A.B. |
| James Latimer |
A.B. |
| James Miller |
A.B. |
| Jesse Moore |
A.B. |
| John Parker |
A.B. |
| Jacob Richards, Jr. |
A.B. |
| Cunningham Semple (Sample) |
A.B. |
| William Stokes |
A.B. |
| Jeremiah Sturgeon |
A.B. |
| Abner Webb |
A.B. |
| James Wiltbank |
A.B. |
|
| Stephen Agard |
Non-graduate |
| Henry Benbridge (Bembridge) |
Non-graduate |
| Samuel [F___?] Bradford |
Non-graduate |
| John Brown |
Non-graduate |
| [William or John] Dean |
Non-graduate |
| [Benger] Peter Dobel |
Non-graduate |
| John Irvine (Irvin or Irwin) |
Non-graduate |
| John Lea |
Non-graduate |
| Joseph Leedom |
Non-graduate |
| Josiah Lewis |
Non-graduate |
| Samuel Miles |
Non-graduate |
| Thomas Nielson (Nelson) |
Non-graduate |
| Lemuel Purnell |
Non-graduate |
| William Purnell |
Non-graduate |
| [David or Thomas] Shields |
Non-graduate |
| [Jacob] Sulger (Sulgar) |
Non-graduate |
| John Wigton |
Non-graduate |
|
| Ashbel Green |
D.D. (hon.) |
| Issac Stockton Keith |
D.D. (hon.) |
Class of 1792
| Samuel Bethel |
A.B. |
| Benjamin Champneys |
A.B. |
| John Church |
A.B. |
| Joseph Davidson |
A.B. |
| Ebenezer Dickey |
A.B. |
| Joseph Dilworth |
A.B. |
| John Duffield |
A.B. |
| John Ewing |
A.B. |
| Samuel Ewing |
A.B. |
| Andrew Geyer |
A.B. |
| John Hazlehurst |
A.B. |
| Robert Hazlehurst |
A.B. |
| John Keppele Helmuth |
A.B. |
| Jonathan Holmes |
A.B. |
| George Izard |
A.B. |
| Benjamin Jones |
A.B. |
| Samuel Jones |
A.B. |
| George Henry Keppele |
A.B. |
| Frederick Kuhl |
A.B. |
| Archibald McClean |
A.B. |
| George W. McGoffin |
A.B. |
| Samuel Moore |
A.B. |
| David Bayard Ogden |
A.B. |
| John Oliphant |
A.B. |
| William Pennell |
A.B. |
| William Ramsay |
A.B. |
| Jacob Senn |
A.B. |
| William Sergeant |
A.B. |
| Frederick Smith |
A.B. |
| Hore Browse Trist |
A.B. |
| Jacob Wack |
A.B. |
| George Steptoe Washington |
A.B. |
| Lawrence Augustine Washington |
A.B. |
| Jenkins Whitesides |
A.B. |
| Bird Wilson |
A.B. |
| John Yeates |
A.B. |
|
| ______ Brooks |
Non-graduate |
| ______ Caldwell |
Non-graduate |
| [John?] Collins |
Non-graduate |
| _______ Gregory |
Non-graduate |
| Henry Lisle |
Non-graduate |
| [Samuel] Masters |
Non-graduate |
| James Milnor |
Non-graduate |
| _______ Pitts |
Non-graduate |
| _______ Stockton (Stocton, Stogton, or Stogdon) |
Non-graduate |
| James Diament Westcott |
Non-graduate |
Class of 1793
| Adam P. Boyd |
A.B. |
| John Coats Browne |
A.B. |
| William Huggins |
A.B. |
| Eneas McReady |
A.B. |
| William Mausset |
A.B. |
| Andrew Caldwell Mitchell |
A.B. |
| Thomas Morgan |
A.B. |
| Nathaniel Ogden |
A.B. |
| John Holt Oswald |
A.B. |
| John Patterson |
A.B. |
| John Preston |
A.B. |
| George McElroy Scott |
A.B. |
| David Sterrett |
A.B. |
| Robert Stevenson |
A.B. |
| Robert Stewart |
A.B. |
| William Anthony Turner |
A.B. |
| William Wallace |
A.B. |
| James Smith Wilcocks |
A.B. |
| William Wilcocks |
A.B. |
| Francis Wright |
A.B. |
| Thomas Barton Zantzinger |
A.B. |
|
| William Bradford |
Non-graduate |
| Robert Brooke |
Non-graduate |
| _______ Crapper |
Non-graduate |
| _______ Eaton |
Non-graduate |
| Samuel Mifflin Francis (name later changed to “Samuel Mifflin” only) |
Non-graduate |
| William Gibbs |
Non-graduate |
| John Henry Hobart |
Non-graduate |
| Henry Hubley |
Non-graduate |
| _______ Israel |
Non-graduate |
| Robert Kennedy |
Non-graduate |
| _______ Kingsborough |
Non-graduate |
| [Jacob] Kitts (Kitz) |
Non-graduate |
| _______ Lawerence |
Non-graduate |
| _______ McCreary (MacCreary) |
Non-graduate |
| [Robert?] Meade |
Non-graduate |
| _______ Morris |
Non-graduate |
| [Samuel or Daniel] Murgatroyd |
Non-graduate |
| [William] Palmer |
Non-graduate |
| _______(maybe Maurice) Rogers |
Non-graduate |
| Seip, Sr. |
Non-graduate |
| William Stuart |
Non-graduate |
| ____ [John?] Sumner (Summers) |
Non-graduate |
| William Winder |
Non-graduate |
Class of 1794
| Edward Shippen Burd |
A.B. |
| John Ward Fenno |
A.B. |
| Issac Hazlehurst |
A.B. |
| Richard Hunter Hazlehurst |
A.B. |
| David Jackson |
A.B. |
| William Latta |
A.B. |
| Algernon Sydney Magaw |
A.B. |
| John McBeath |
A.B. |
| John Miles |
A.B. |
|
| ________ Allen |
Non-graduate |
| George Biddle |
Non-graduate |
| John Carson |
Non-graduate |
| ________ Carter |
Non-graduate |
| Charles Willing Hare |
Non-graduate |
| [Thomas] Mease |
Non-graduate |
| [Thomas] Mifflin |
Non-graduate |
| [Joseph] Miles |
Non-graduate |
| ________ (Henry?) Muhlenberg |
Non-graduate |
| ________ Murdoch |
Non-graduate |
| [Richard] Rush |
Non-graduate |
| Seip, Jr. |
Non-graduate |
| [John] Sergeant |
Non-graduate |
Class of 1795
| Thomas Cadwalader |
A.B. |
| John Campbell |
A.B. |
| Abner Davis |
A.B. |
| Franks Hamilton |
A.B. |
| Andrew Purviance Hazlehurst |
A.B. |
| John Ewing Latta |
A.B. |
| George Lee |
A.B. |
| Charles Morris |
A.B. |
| John Ott |
A.B. |
| Robert Patterson |
A.B. |
| Zalegman Phillips |
A.B. |
| Philip Gendron Prioleau |
A.B. |
| Samuel Shoemaker |
A.B. |
| Thomas Harrison White |
A.B. |
|
| George Ralph |
A.M.(hon.) |
| Stephen Thompson |
A.M. (?) |
Class of 1797
| William Shepard Biddle |
A.B. |
| William McIlhenney |
A.B. |
| Chamless Wharton |
A.B. |
|
| Cunningham Semple Ramsay |
A.M.(hon.) |
Class of 1799
| William Hamilton Henry |
A.B. |
| David Hutchinson |
A.B. |
| James Hutchinson |
A.B. |
| Francis McShane |
A.B. |
| John McShane |
A.B. |
| Robert McShane |
A.B. |
| Bayse Newcomb |
A.B. |
| James S. Smith |
A.B. |
|
| Nicholas Biddle |
Non-graduate |
| John Cope |
Non-graduate |
| Joseph Malcolm (possibly 1799) |
Non-graduate |
| Condy Raguet (approximate date) |
Non-graduate |
| Francis Vaché (approximate date) |
Non-graduate |
