John Andrews (priest)

John Andrews (4 April 1746 – 29 March 1813) was an American Episcopal priest; 4th provost of the University of Pennsylvania (1810–1813), 3rd vice provost (1789–1810), and professor of moral philosophy (1789–1813) of the same college; principal of the Episcopal Academy of Philadelphia (1785–1789); rector of St. Thomas Church in Garrison Forest, Baltimore County, Maryland (1782–1784); founder of the bases of York College of Pennsylvania (1776); minister of St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Lewes, Delaware) (1767–1770); lecturer; and author of published textbooks and sermons.

[2] He was great, grandson of John Andrews who immigrated in 1654 from Bisbrooke, Rutland, England, to Anne Arundel County or Calvert County in a Puritan settlement called "Providence" (Eastport side of Annapolis) Province of Maryland under the patronage of Lord Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore.

Having previously resolved to devote himself to the ministry in the Episcopal Church, he studied theology under the Rev.

He was then appointed a Missionary to Lewes, Delaware, by the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts.

[7][8][9] In 1787 it was incorporated as York County Academy and brought under the jurisdiction of St. John's Episcopal Church.

Of the said college, John Andrews became Vice-Provost 1789–1810 and Provost from 1810 until his death from sudden illness on 29 March 1813.

John Andrews is considered one of America's first scholars for he dedicated his career as a student, tutor, professor, lecturer, author, founder and administrator of schools and colleges.

[13] John Andrews is interred at the historic Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia.