George Wythe
George Wythe (1726 – June 8, 1806), was a lawyer, judge, prominent law professor and "Virginia's foremost classical scholar."[1] Wythe was one of the seven men from Virginia who signed the United States Declaration of Independence.
Wythe served as mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia from 1768 to 1769. In 1779 he was appointed to the newly created Chair of Law at William and Mary, becoming the first law professor in the United States. Wythe's pupils included Thomas Jefferson, Henry Clay, James Monroe, and John Marshall.
George Wythe Media
- Coat of Arms of George Wythe.svg
Coat of Arms of George Wythe
- The George Wythe House (8017084861).jpg
The George Wythe House in Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia
- Declaration of Independence (1819), by John Trumbull.jpg
In John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence, Wythe is in profile farthest to the viewer's left. Trumbull's 1818 painting was used for the back of the U.S. $2 bill, but Wythe's image was cut out of that depiction.
- George Wythe grave, Richmond, VA IMG 4048.JPG
George Wythe gravestone at St. John's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia
- George Wythe will 1806.jpg
Will of George Wythe, 1806, leaving books to Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson George Wythe notes biography.jpg
Thomas Jefferson's notes on a biography of Wythe, 1820
References
- ↑ Online site for Colonial Willimsburg Archived 2019-05-28 at the Wayback Machine
