John Andrews (1746-1813)

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Rev. John Andrews, D.D. (April 4, 1746-March 29, 1813) was an American minister and academic. He was one of the leaders of the group which separated the American Episcopal Church from the Anglican Church, and later advocated the union of the Episcopal and Methodist churches. At the time, he was considered America's First Scholar, where he dedicated his whole life to learning, teaching, and administrating colleges.

He was born in Cecil County, Maryland in 1746, the son of Moses and Letitia Andrews. He graduated from The Academy and College of Philadelphia in 1764. He then taught grammar school in Philadelphia, later going on to take charge of a classical school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He studied theology under Rev. Thomas Barton, and was ordained to be a minister in the Anglican Church in London in 1767. In 1785, Andrews was granted on Honorary Degree(Doctor of Divinity) from Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland.

He was sent by the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts to Lewes, Delaware, where he ministered to the locals from 1767 through 1770. In 1770, he moved to York, Pennsylvania. He left to become the rector of St. John's Church in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, and later returned to York where he started a classical school and met John André. He subsequently returned to Maryland, and became rector of St. Thomas's Church in Baltimore County, Maryland. He was a member of the 1784 convention which separate from British rule and organized the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was made the head of the Protestant Episcopal Academy in Philadelphia in 1785, and later vice provost of the University of Pennsylvania in 1791. He remained in that position through 1810. Before becoming Vice Provost, He was Professor of Moral Philosphy. From 1810 to 1813, He was Provost of the University of Pennsylvania. He died in 1813. Buried in Christ Church Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pa.

He wrote textbooks, including A Compend of Logick (1801) and Elements of Rhetorick and Belles Lettres (1813).

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• Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.