Background
Born in Pennsylvania, he was a son of William Magaw of Shippensburg.
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Samuel Magaw
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Education
He was member of first class graduated from the College of Philadelphia in 1757, when he received the bachelor"s degree. The master"s degree was conferred in course in 1760. He was educated for a tutorship at the suggestion of the said College authorities and later studied divinity, and went to England for orders and ordained as an Anglican priest in 1767.
Career
On a return he became a missionary of the Society for Propagation of the Gospel at Dover and Duck Creek, Delaware, and was appointed Rector of Saint Paul"s Church in Philadelphia, in 1781, and held the office until 1804. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from Pennsylvania in 1783. Numerous sermons that he preached on special occasions have been published.
Doctor Magaw married Lucia, daughter of Andrew Doz, of Philadelphia.
Membership
American Philosophical Society]
He was a member of the American Philosophical Society and served as Vice Provost of the University of Pennsylvania (1782–1791). He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1784.
