Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Dec 18 - Wesley, Oglethorpe (Superseded)

James Oglethorpe (1696-1785),
Corpus Christi, Oxford and
De Facto First Governor of Georgia 
On these days, December 18 and 22, were born two Oxonians who made a major contribution to the early days of Georgia, when it was created as a British Colony - James Oglethorpe and Charles Wesley.

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