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James Blair (1656 – 18 April 1743) was a Scottish-born clergyman in the Church of England. He was also a missionary and an educator, best known as the founder of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
30 de abr. de 2024 · James Blair (born May 1656, Banffshire, Scotland—died April 18, 1743, Williamsburg, Va. [U.S.]) was a clergyman and founder (1693) of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., the second oldest institution of higher learning in the United States.
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Summarize this article for a 10 year old. SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. James Blair (1656 – 18 April 1743) was a Scottish-born clergyman in the Church of England. He was also a missionary and an educator, best known as the founder of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
James Blair 1656-1743, Church of England clergyman, missionary to colonial Virginia, and founder of the College of William and Mary, b. Scotland. At the request of the bishop of London, Blair traveled to Virginia in 1685 to revive and reform the church in the colony.
James Blair (1656 - 18 de abril de 1743) fue un clérigo de la Iglesia de Inglaterra. También fue misionero y educador, mejor conocido como el fundador del College of William & Mary en Williamsburg, Virginia. James Blair nació en Escocia, posiblemente en Edimburgo o en Banffshire.
28 de abr. de 2022 · James Blair D.D. (1656 – April 18, 1743) was a Scottish Episcopalian clergyman, missionary and educator, best known as the founder of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. Youth and education. James Blair was born in Banffshire, Scotland as one of five children. His father, Robert Blair, was a clergyman.
31 de may. de 2017 · SUMMARY. James Blair was an Anglican minister, a notoriously combative member of the governor’s Council (1694–1695; 1696–1697; 1701–1743) who worked successfully to have three governors removed, and, with Francis Nicholson, the cofounder of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg.
