Oglethorpe University
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Oglethorpe University is a private liberal arts college in Brookhaven, Georgia, United States. It was chartered in 1835 and named in honor of General James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of the Colony of
Olgethorpe University seal
The carillon bells atop Oglethorpe's Lupton Hall
The 1925 football team competing against the 1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado at Grant Field
James Oglethorpe
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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
Oglethorpe University
…Oglethorpe University is a private liberal arts college in Brookhaven, Georgia, United States. It was chartered in 1835 and named in honor of General James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of the Colony of Georgia. Oglethorpe University was chartered in 1834 in Midway (now known as Hardwick), Georgia just south of Milledgeville…
Portrait by Alfred Edmund Dyer, c. 1927
Thomas Bambridge (standing, far left) being questioned by Oglethorpe (believed to be the figure seated, far left, in front of Bainbridge) of the parliamentary Gaols Committee.
Oglethorpe and the Indians, frieze in the United States Capitol Rotunda. Photo courtesy of the Architect of the Capitol
Oglethorpe (centre, in black) and the trustees meeting with a Yamacraw delegation led by Tomochichi in 1734