Williamson, Hugh
educator, physician, surgeon, congressman, author, born Dec. 5, 1735, in Nottingham, Pa. In 1760 he was appointed professor of mathematics in the university of Pennsylvania. He served a number of years in the house of commons, and also served in the continental congress from 1782 to 1785, and from 1787 to 1788. He was a delegate to the convention which framed the con-- stitution of the United States, and signed the same. He was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1790 to 1793. In 1811 he published a work on the Climate of America; and in 1812, a History of North Carolina. He died May 22, 1819, in New York city.