Josiah Meigs | |
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President of the University of Georgia | |
In office 1801–1810 | |
Preceded by | Abraham Baldwin |
Succeeded by | John Brown |
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Born | Middletown, Connecticut, British America | August 21, 1757
Died | September 4, 1822 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (aged 65)
Children | Clara Meigs |
Alma mater | Yale University |
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Josiah Meigs (August 21, 1757 – September 4, 1822) was an American academic, journalist, and government official. He was the first acting president of the University of Georgia in Athens, where he implemented the university's first physics curriculum in 1801, and also president of the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences.