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Penn History

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.

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Arranged chronologically by first year of teaching:

Academy Faculty

Tutors, Ushers, and Student Assistants

n.d.

  • John Ormsbyl
  • William Scull
    English

1750s

  • Charles Thomson, L.L.D. (hon.) 1784
    Latin, 1750-1755
  • Horace Jones
    Mathematics, 1751-1754
  • John Jones
    English,1751-1752; 1758-1760
  • Francis Peisley
    English, 1751-1752
  • Patrick Carrol
    English, 1752-1753
  • Paul Jackson, A.M. 1757
    Latin, 1752-1756
  • Thomas Barton, A.M. (hon.) 1754
    English, 1753-1754
  • Jacob Duché, A.B. 1757, A.M. 1760
    Latin, 1753-1756
  • James Constable
    Writing and English, 1755-1757
  • Donaldson
    Writing, 1755
  • James Latta, A.B. 1757, A.M. 1760
    Latin, 1755-1759
  • Hugh Williamson, A.B. 1757, A.M. 1760
    Latin and Writing, 1755-1759
  • Edward Biddle
    student assistant in English
  • David Jones
    Latin, 1757-1758
  • John White
    Latin, 1757-1761
  • Samuel Keene, A.B. 1759, A.M. 1765
    Latin, 1758-1759
  • Andrew Morton
    Latin, 1758-1759
  • John Beard, A.B. 1759, A.M. 1762
    1759-1761
  • Joseph Montgomery, A.M. 1760
    English, 1759-1760

1760s

  • Patrick Alison, A.B. 1760, A.M. 1763
    Latin, 1760-1763
  • Samuel Campbell, A.B. 1762
    English, 1760-1764
  • Richard Harrison
    Mathematics, 1760
  • John Davis, A.B. 1763, A.M. 1765
    English, 1761-1763; Latin, 1763-1764
  • Thomas Pollock, A.B. (hon.) 1762
    Latin, 1761-1762
  • James Punch
    English, 1761-1762 (died)
  • Stephen Watts, A.B. 1762, A.M. 1765
    Latin, 1762-1763
  • Isaac Hunt, A.B. 1763, A.M. 1771
    English, 1763
  • Robert Johnston, A.B. 1763, A.M. 1765
    English, 1763-1766
  • James Lang, A.B. 1763, A.M. 1765
    Latin and Greek, 1763
  • Alexander Alexander, A.B. 1765
    English, 1764; Latin, 1764-1766
  • John Andrews, A.M. 1767
    1764-1765
  • Robert Eaton
    Latin, 1764
  • Thomas Dungan, A.B. 1765, A.M. 1767
    English?, 1764-1766
  • Edward Jones
    1764-1766
  • John Patterson, A.B. 1765, A.M. 1767
    Latin, 1764?-1767
  • James Anderson, A.B. 1763, A.M. 1765
    Latin, 1766
  • John Mongomery, A.B. 1766, A.M. 1789
    English, 1766-1769
  • Thomas Read, A.B. 1766, A.M. 1780
    Latin, 1766-1768
  • John Maddox Wallace, A.B. 1767, A.M. 1770
    Latin, 1767-1769
  • Thomas Barthwait
    1768
  • Jonathan Easton, A.B. 1768, A.M. 1771
    English, 1768-1770
  • Thomas Hall, A.B. 1768, A.M. 1773
    English, 1768-1769
  • John Wallace
    Latin, 1768-1769; subject? 1779-1781
  • Archibald Gamble, A.B. 1771
    Latin, 1769-1772
  • John McDowell, A.B. 1771
    Mathematics and ??, 1769-1782
  • Alexander Power
    English, 1769-1772
  • William Thorn (possibly William Thom, A.B. 1769)
    1769-1773

1770s

  • Jacob Hall, A.B. 1770, A.M. 1779
    1770-1771
  • — Brooks
    1771
  • Ludlow Holt
    1772
  • James Ross, A.M. (hon.) 1775
    Latin, 1773-1775
  • John Thomas, A.B. 1771, A.M. 1775
    Latin, 1773-1777
  • Isaac Wilson, A.B. 1771
    1773-1776
  • John Wigton
    English, 1774-1777
  • John Thomas, A.B. 1771
    1775-1777
  • Robert Davidson, A.B. 1771
    1778-1779
  • William Oliphant
    Latin, 1778-1779
  • William Cochran
    Latin, 1779
  • Andrew Gregg, A.M. (hon.) 1782
    1779-1782
  • John Heffernan
    English, 1779-1782
  • — Patterson
    1779-1780

1780s

  • — Collins
    1780-1782
  • Edward Keran
    1780-1782
  • Henry Miller
    1780-1784
  • Francis Donnelly
    1781
  • Thomas Stewart, A.B. 1782
    1781-1782
  • — Allen
    1782-1783
  • Isaac Briggs, A.B. 1783
    1782
  • Thomas Davenport
    1782-1784
  • John Eliot
    1782
  • Andrew Gregg
    1782-1783
  • David Johnson
    1782-1789
  • James Kelly, A.B. 1782
    1782-1783
  • Andrew McCalla
    1782-1784
  • William Miller, A.B. 1784
    1782-1784
  • Tobias Merritt
    1783-1785
  • Charles Ogden
    1783
  • James Snodgrass, A.B. 1783
    1783
  • —Sweeney
    1783-1784
  • John F.B. DeFakewait
    1784-1790
  • John Gemmil, A.M. 1786
    1784-1787
  • — McDowell
    1784-1786
  • Philip Pauli
    1784-1788
  • Henry Stockwell
    1784-1789
  • Benjamin Workman
    1784-1788
  • Henry Dichaut
    1785-1790
  • Samuel Kerr, A.M. (hon.) 1789
    1786-1790
  • William W. Fintham
    1787-1789
  • William Divers
    1789-1791
  • James Graham
    1789-1791
  • William Irvine
    1789-1790
  • James Kidd
    1789-1790
  • William Powers
    1789-1790
  • Joseph Webb
    1789-1791

1790s

  • Samuel Dilworth
    1790-1792
  • — Durang
    1790-1791
  • George Holland
    1790-1793
  • Samuel Magrath
    1790-1791
  • David Shute, A.B. 1790 (University)
    1790-1791
  • — Taylor
    1790-1792
  • Daniel Jaudon
    1791-1795
  • John Jones
    1791
  • Andrew Rhea, A.B. 1789
    1791-1795
  • Christan Endress, A.B. 1790 (University)
    1792-1795
  • William Lochman
    1792-1794
  • Samuel Moore, A.B. 1792
    1792-1794
  • Adam P. Boyd, A.B. 1793
    1793-1797
  • Samuel Jones, A.M. 1792
    1793-1795
  • George Lochman, A.B. 1789
    1793-1796
  • Samuel Glendenning
    1794-1795
  • J.B. Patterson
    1794-1797
  • John Patterson, A.B. 1793
    1794-1795
  • Peter Delamere
    1795-1797
  • Patrick McGowan
    1795-1796
  • Robert Patterson, A.B. 1795
    1795-1813
  • Andrew Mein
    1796-1797
  • — Andrews
    1797-1798
  • Edward D. Burke
    1797
  • David Hutchinson, A.B. 1799
    1797
  • — May
    1797-1799
  • Samuel Brown Wylie
    1798
  • Patrick Kerr Rogers
    1799-1801