Josiah Meigs

Josiah Meigs
President of the
University of Georgia
In office
1801–1810
Preceded byAbraham Baldwin
Succeeded byJohn Brown
Personal details
Born(1757-08-21)August 21, 1757
Middletown, Connecticut, British America
DiedSeptember 4, 1822(1822-09-04) (aged 65)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
ChildrenClara Meigs
Alma materYale 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.