George Wythe

George Wythe (1726 in Chesterton, Virginia (present day Hampton)– June 8, 1806), was a lawyer, a judge, a prominent law professor and "Virginia's foremost classical scholar." Wythe's signature is positioned at the head of the list of seven Virginia signatories on the United States Declaration of Independence. He was the first professor of law in America,[citation needed] earning him the title of "The Father of American Jurisprudence."[citation needed] Wythe served as a representative of Virginia and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention—though he left the Convention early and did not sign the final version of the Constitution.

Religion: Episcopalian

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