Rev William Smith: Penn's Forgotten Founder
About this episode
The episode discusses Rev. William Smith, a key figure in the establishment of the University of Pennsylvania, and his relationship with Benjamin Franklin.
ABC:LHS #087-5 Rev. William Smith... ...was a Scottish-born Anglican who impressed Benjamin Franklin with his ideas about higher education and set up the skeleton and backbone of what became the University of Pennsylvania today, but he made few friends and is little remembered today
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