James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of the colony of Georgia, was born on December 22, 1696, in Yorkshire, England. After graduating from Eton and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Oglethorpe began a military career in 1717, fighting against the Turks under Prince Eugene of Savoy.
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As visionary, social reformer, and military leader, James Oglethorpe conceived of and implemented his plan to establish the colony of Georgia.
Meanwhile, Oglethorpe, who went to Georgia with the first settlers, began negotiating treaties with local Indian tribes, especially the Upper Creek tribe.
Henry Ellis was a member of the Irish Protestant landed gentry. He might have been named the first royal governor of Georgia except that in 1754 he was out to ...
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Apr 27, 2021 · Gamsakhurdia served as Georgia's first president for less than a year in 1991, but he still casts a long shadow. He already had a heroic, semi- ...
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Eduard Shevardnadze, until then Georgia's de facto leader was officially elected president, a post he would hold until 23 November 2003. In 1999 parliamentary ...