Shippen, William
physician, congressman, was born Oct. 1, 1712, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a member of the junto, and aided in founding the Pennsylvania hospital, of which he was the physician from 1753 till 1778, the Public academy, and its successor, the university of Pennsylvania, being chosen in 1749 one of the first trustees of the academy. In 1778 he was chosen by the assembly of Pennsylvania to the continental congress, and he was re-elected in 1779. He died Nov. 4, 1801, in Germantown, Pa.