Samuel Magaw

Samuel Magaw

Samuel Magaw (1735 – 1 December 1812) was a clergyman and educator from Pennsylvania. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society and served as Vice Provost of the University of Pennsylvania (1782–1791).

Born in Pennsylvania, he was a son of William Magaw of Shippensburg. His brothers were Dr. William Magaw and Colonel Robert Magaw, a soldier in the American Revolutionary War.

Samuel traveled to England in 1767 to be ordained as an Anglican priest, and then returned to the colonies to serve as a missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.

References

* [http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/1700s/people/magaw_sam.html Entry on Magaw from the University of Pennsylvania]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=5SwEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA173&dq=magaw+samuel&lr= Appleton's entry via Google Book Search]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=2WEoAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA209&dq=samuel+magaw&lr= "The Scotch-Irish in America"] (Pennsylvania, 1902). The author notes that "The Magaws were a Church of England family, which indicates, perhaps, that they were not Scotch-Irish."


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