Josiah Meigs
American
Josiah Meigs was the president of the University of Georgia in Athens, notable for establishing the university's physics department. - AsNotedIn
Lineage
- Father Lieut Return Meigs
- Brother: Col Return Jonathan Meigs
Josiah Meigs was the president of the University of Georgia in Athens, notable for establishing the university's physics department. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1781/00/00 | Josiah Meigs tutors in mathematics, natural philosophy and astronomy at Yale from 1781 to 1784. | Work | Yale Old Campus | New Haven, CT | |||
| 1789/00/00 | Josiah Meigs departs New Haven, Connecticut for St George, Bermuda, to practiced law. There, he will represent the owners of US vessels that have been captured by British privateers. | Work | Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications | St George | |||
| 1801/09/00 | In the fall of 1801 university president Josiah Meigs hastily erects a few log and frame buildings, sells town lots to raise money for the University, and soon begins to impart his precise culture to a handful of young men in a wild and lonely land. | Work | Old North Campus, University of Georgia | Athens, GA |