Talk:George Wythe

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[edit] Question about will

"Wythe provided for his slaves in his will, and his other heir...": this can't be quite right, surely? Does it mean "only heir"? Or "one of his heirs"? VivaEmilyDavies 00:29, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation

I reside in Wythe County, Virginia. Locals pronounce Wythe just like "with". However I have heard on several occasions that the name Wythe was originally pronounced with a long-I sound, like "wīth". It would be useful to note the proper pronunciation in the article when it can be determined. I will check locally to try to verify which is correct. For some reason names are pronounced oddly around here. There is a nearby town named Fries, which is pronounced "freeze". --Dan East 06:00, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

The George Wythe College's website says that his name is properly pronounced "with".

I don't believe the article gives sufficient attention to the degree that George Wythe served as a companion and intellectual model to Thomas Jefferson, almost as a second father. I will try to lightly revise the article to reflect this.

Andrew Szanton, 7/06

[edit] George Wythe's pupils

Although Wythe did teach both Thomas Jefferson and Henry Clay, he did not do so while he was the Chair of Law at William & Mary. He taught Jefferson and Clay prior to that (Neither Jefferson nor Clay is an alum of the William & Mary Law School). It was Wythe's meaningful instruction to Jefferson that inspired Thomas Jefferson to appoint Wythe as the first professor of law in the United States when Jefferson was Governor of Virginia.

John Marshall did attend William & Mary Law School under Wythe's instruction. Monroe left William & Mary to fight in the Revolution, but returned to study law in 1880, although I don't know if he studied at the W&M Law School or if he studied directly under Jefferson.

At the William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law, Wythe's name is indeed pronounced "with." 68.13.202.140 23:37, 21 February 2007 (UTC)