George Wythe Biography

George Wythe biography

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NAME: George Wythe
OCCUPATION: Scholar, Judge, Academic Author
BIRTH DATE: c. 1726
DEATH DATE: June 08, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH: Elizabeth County, Virginia
PLACE OF DEATH: Richmond, Virginia

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Georges Wythe is best known for his work as an early American judge and law professor to future presidents, like Jefferson.

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George Wythe was born 1726 in Elizabeth County, Virginia. Wythe became a delegate to the Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He became one of the first American judges to void a law deemed unconstitutional and later trained Jefferson and John Marshall as a professor of law.