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| Affiliation | Nonpartisan |
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| Name | William Dawson |
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, Virginia , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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00, 1704
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| Died | 00, 1752
(48 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Thomas Walker
May 16, 2013 03:47pm |
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| Info | Reverend William Dawson (1704–1752) was the second president of The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. A graduate of the Queen's College at Oxford University, Dawson ran the College from 1743–1752. He is also the brother of Thomas Dawson, who was the fourth president of William & Mary (1755–1760).
Dawson was also an Anglican clergyman, a rector at the Jamestown Parish, a commissary of the Bishop of London, a moral philosophy professor at William and Mary, a poet, a chaplain of the House of Burgesses, and a member of the Governor's Council.
Reverend Dawson is the namesake for Dawson Hall in the Bryan Complex at William & Mary.
Dawson married Mary Stith, a granddaughter of John Stith and William Randolph. He was the grandfather of Congressman William Johnston Dawson.
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