William Shippen Sr. (October 1, 1712 – November 4, 1801) was an American physician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . He was also a civic and educational leader who represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress .
11-653: [REDACTED] Look up shippen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shippen can refer to: People [ edit ] Edward Shippen , second mayor of Philadelphia Edward Shippen (II) , wealthy merchant and government official in colonial Philadelphia Edward Shippen (III) , lawyer, judge, government official, and prominent figure in colonial and post-revolutionary Philadelphia John Shippen , African-American golfer Peggy Shippen , second wife of Benedict Arnold Robert Shippen , English academic administrator at
22-727: Is buried in the First Presbyterian Churchyard at Philadelphia. His son, William Shippen Jr. , followed his father in a medical career and served as Director of Hospitals for the Continental Army . William Jr.'s wife, Alice Lee, was the daughter of Thomas Lee of the Lee family of Virginia; their daughter "Nancy" Shippen (briefly) married Henry Beekman Livingston, the son of Robert Livingston (1718–1775) . The family served as guardians of Aaron Burr (born 1756) and his elder sister Sally from 1758 to 1759, after
33-712: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages shippen [REDACTED] Look up shippen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shippen can refer to: People [ edit ] Edward Shippen , second mayor of Philadelphia Edward Shippen (II) , wealthy merchant and government official in colonial Philadelphia Edward Shippen (III) , lawyer, judge, government official, and prominent figure in colonial and post-revolutionary Philadelphia John Shippen , African-American golfer Peggy Shippen , second wife of Benedict Arnold Robert Shippen , English academic administrator at
44-482: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages William Shippen Sr. William was born to Joseph Shippen (1679–1741, son of Edward Shippen , governor of Pennsylvania) and Abigail Grosse Shippen (1677–1716) at Philadelphia. His father was a prominent merchant. He built a large practice in Philadelphia. In 1735 he married Susannah Harrison. Shippen joined
55-639: The University of Oxford William Shippen Sr. , represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress William Shippen, Jr. , the second Surgeon General of the Continental Army William Shippen (MP) , English Tory Member of Parliament Places [ edit ] Shippen Township, Cameron County, Pennsylvania Shippen Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania Topics referred to by
66-399: The University of Oxford William Shippen Sr. , represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress William Shippen, Jr. , the second Surgeon General of the Continental Army William Shippen (MP) , English Tory Member of Parliament Places [ edit ] Shippen Township, Cameron County, Pennsylvania Shippen Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania Topics referred to by
77-701: The graves, and run William and his assistants off. William's brother, Edward Shippen III (1703–1781, grandfather of Peggy Shippen ) was one of the founders of Princeton University , for which William served as a trustee from 1765 to 1796. The Pennsylvania Assembly chose Shippen as a delegate to the Continental Congress on November 20, 1778. He represented his state during congressional sessions in 1779 and 1780, after which he returned to his medical practice. William remained active well into his eighties. He died at home in Germantown in 1801 and
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110-768: The vestrymen who founded the Second Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia in 1742. He joined Benjamin Franklin and other civic leaders to found the Public Academy in 1749 and served as one of its trustees. When it merged with another school to become the College of Philadelphia , he served as a trustee of the college from 1755 to 1779; the College is now the University of Pennsylvania . He
121-438: Was elected to the revived American Philosophical Society in 1767, and served as its vice president from 1768-1769, and from 1779-1801. While teaching anatomy and surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, one of his pupils was future American president William Henry Harrison . William was known to take corpses from graves at Washington Square for his anatomy lectures, to the extent that African-Americans would stand watch over
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