George F. Whitworth

George F. Whitworth
Whitworth circa 1890
3rd President of the Territorial University of Washington
In office 1866–1867
Succeeded by	John Henry Hall
President of the Territorial University of Washington
In office 1874–1876
Succeeded by	Alexander Jay Anderson
Personal details
Born	George Frederick Whitworth (1816-03-15)March 15, 1816 Boston, England
Died	October 6, 1907(1907-10-06) (aged 91) Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Education	Hanover College New Albany Seminary
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George Frederick Whitworth (March 15, 1816 – October 6, 1907[1]) was an American Presbyterian missionary, educated at Hanover College in Indiana. Whitworth worked as a minister in the Ohio Valley until 1853, when he and his family moved to the Western frontier.[2]

In 1867, he co-founded the Lake Washington Coal Company.[3][4][5] He was active in the founding of the first church in Grand Mound, Washington, which he co-pastored with J. W. Goodell (father of pioneer Phoebe Judson). He was the president of the University of Washington from 1866 to 1867 and 1874 to 1876, and was the founder of Whitworth College (now Whitworth University) in 1890.

Grave

He is buried at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington. His grave is an American Presbyterian and Reformed Historic Site (No. 252) registered by the Presbyterian Historical Society, headquartered in Philadelphia.

Notes

• "George Whitworth biography". Whitworth archives. Whitworth University. Archived from the original on September 5, 2006.
• "Whitworth, George F. (1816-1907)". The Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History. HistoryLink.
• "George Whitworth (1816-1907)". Find A Grave Memorial.
• Guide to the George F. Whitworth Papers 1816-1907^[permanent dead link‍]

References

1. News Department, The Washington Historical Quarterly. "Honoring Memory of George F. Whitworth". Vol. 6, No. 2 (April 1915), pp. 134.
2. University of Virginia Social Networks and Archival Context Project. "Whitworth, George F. NWDA ( 1816 - 1907)".
3. Speidel, William (1967). Sons of the Profits. Seattle: Nettle Creek Publishing Company. pp. 144–145.
4. Landes, Henry (1902). "The Coal Deposits of Washington, in Washington Geologic Survey Annual Report for 1901, Part IV". Retrieved May 27, 2020.
5. Melder, F.E. (1938). "History of the Discoveries and Physical Development of the Coal Industry in the State of Washington". The Pacific Northwest Quarterly. 29 (2): 151–165. JSTOR 40486284.