Hugh Henry Brackenridge | |
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_-_Gilbert_Stuart.jpg) portrait by Gilbert Stuart | |
| Born | 1748  |
| Died | 25 June 1816 (aged 67–68) |
| Occupation | Writer |
Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748 – June 25, 1816) was an American writer, lawyer, judge, and justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
A frontier citizen in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, he founded both the Pittsburgh Academy, now the University of Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh Gazette, still operating today as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.