- Born
- December 22, 1696
- Died
- June 30, 1785 (aged 88)
- Known as
- military personnel, politician, diplomat, abolitionist, governor, soldier
Lieutenant-General James Edward Oglethorpe was a British army officer, Tory politician and colonial administrator best known for founding the Province of Georgia in British North America. As a social reformer, he hoped to resettle Britain's "worthy poor" in the New World, initially focusing on those in debtors' prisons.
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