James Oglethorpe

James Edward Oglethorpe (22 December 1696 - 30 June 1785) was an English general and philanthropist, a founder of the state of Georgia.

Additional Reading

• BIOGRAPHICAL MEMORIALS OF JAMES OGLETHORPE, by Thaddeus Mason Harris, 1841. (a searchable facsimile at the University of Georgia Libraries; DjVu & layered PDF format)
• THE DIARY OF VISCOUNT PERCIVAL, (Manuscripts of the Earl of Egmont, a contemporary of Oglethorpe). (a searchable facsimile at the University of Georgia Libraries; DjVu & layered PDF format)
• James Edward Oglethorpe by Joyce Blackburn; 1994 reprint ISBN 0891769951.
• James Oglethorpe: Humantarian and Soldier by Arthut Meier Schlesinger and Cookie Lommell; (a short biography for young readers); 2000, Chelsea House, ISBN 0791059634.
• Oglethorpe in Perspective: Georgia's Founder After Two Hundred Years by Phinizy Spalding; 1989, University of Alabama Press, ISBN 0817303863.