The War of 1689–91 obliged him to follow his parents, first to Edinburgh, and then to London and Bristol, England where, in 1693, James replaced his father as schoolmaster. James Logan apprenticed with a Dublin-based linen draper, received a good classical and mathematical education, and acquired a knowledge of modern languages not common at the period. His father had a Master of Arts degree from the University of Edinburgh, and originally was an Anglican clergyman before converting to Quakerism. Logan was born in Lurgan, County Armagh in present-day Northern Ireland, on October 20, 1674, to parents were Patrick Logan (1640–1700) and Isabella, Lady Hume (1647–1722), who married in early 1671, in Midlothian, Scotland. Early life A present-day plaque honoring Logan in the city of his birth, in Lurgan, in Northern Ireland He was a founding trustee of the College of Philadelphia, the predecessor of the University of Pennsylvania. He served as colonial secretary to William Penn. Logan was born in the town of Lurgan in County Armagh, Ireland to Ulster Scots Quakers. James Logan (October 20, 1674 – October 31, 1751) was a Scots-Irish colonial American statesman, administrator, and scholar who served as the fourteenth mayor of Philadelphia and held a number of other public offices. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Americaįounder and Trustee of University of Pennsylvania
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