GEORGE WYTHE

1726-1806

Signer of the Declaration of Independence (Virginia), Delegate to the Constitutional Convention (Virginia)

Biographical Data
Religious Views
Quotations
References, Links, & Further Reading

Education: grammar school at College of William & Mary

Occupation: lawyer, professor

Political Affiliation: Federalist

Religious Affiliation: Episcopalian

Summary of Religious Views:

Wythe came from a Quaker background.

Views on Religion & Politics:

Wythe was a strong supporter of religious freedom and the separation of church and state.

Quotations:

References, Links, & Further Reading: Books, Articles, Links

Books

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John Bailey, Jefferson's Second Father, Momentum, 2013
Joyce Blackburn, George Wythe of Williamsburg, Harper & Row, 1975
Julian Parks Boyd, The murder of George Wythe: Two essays, Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1955
Imogene E. Brown, American Aristides: A Biography of George Wythe, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. Press, 1981
Bruce Chadwick, I Am Murdered: George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, and the Killing That Shocked a New Nation, Wiley, 2009
Alonzo Thomas Dill, George Wythe: Teacher of Liberty, Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission, 1979
Robert B. Kirtland, George Wythe: Lawyer, Revolutionary, Judge, Dissertations-G, 1986
Suzanne Harman Munson, Jefferson's Godfather, the Man Behind the Man: George Wythe, Mentor to the Founding Fathers, CreateSpace, 2018

Articles

Charles L. Goodrich, "George Wythe," in Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, 1856
Mary Miley Theobald, "Murder by Namesake: The Poisoning of the Eminent George Wythe," Colonial Williamsburg Journal, Winter 2013 2006

Links

Documents (Constitutional Sources Project)
WYTHE, George, 1726-1806 (Biographical Directory of the US Congress)
Wythepedia: The George Wythe Encyclopedia (Wolf Law Library)
George Wythe (Colonial Williamsburg)
George Wythe (ushistory.org: Signers of the Declaration of Independence)
George Wythe (National Archives -- The Founding Fathers)
George Wythe (Signers of the Declaration of Independence -- National Park Service)
George Wythe (Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence)