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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.
Apr 30, 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.
May 31, 2017 · 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.
Apr 17, 2024 · James Blair Middle 101 Longhill Road Williamsburg, VA 23185 Phone: (757) 603-6565 Fax: (757) 565-7632
Reverend James Blair. Anglican minister James Blair stands for a portrait in Williamsburg, in or around 1735. Blair was commissary, or the representative of the Bishop of London, with authority to preside over the Anglican clergy in America.
Dec 19, 2018 · He was the son of John Blair, a colonial official and nephew of James Blair, founder and first president of the College of William and Mary. Signer Blair graduated from that institution and studied law at London's Middle Temple.
Jun 8, 2018 · The British educator James Blair (1655-1743) was commissary of Virginia for the bishop of London and founder and first president of the College of William and Mary. Born to a Presbyterian minister and his wife in Scotland, James Blair attended Marischal College, Aberdeen, for 2 years.
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.
Mar 31, 2022 · The Reverend James Blair, the first president of William & Mary, was born in Banffshire, Scotland and educated at Marischal College (University of Aberdeen). Blair was president of the College from its founding in 1693 until his death on April 18, 1743.
This year’s volume of the James Blair Historical Review celebrates that love. From the African Americans living in Appala-chia to the Muslims ruled by Akbar the Great to the congressional politicians debating food subsidy programs to the civilians fighting for the statehood of West Virginia, this issue illustrates the diversity
