Oglethorpe

American

[oh-guhl-thawrp] / ˈoʊ gəlˌθɔrp /

noun

James Edward, 1696–1785, British general: founder of the colony of Georgia.

Oglethorpe British

/ ˈəʊɡəlˌθɔːp /

noun

James Edward. 1696–1785, English general and colonial administrator; founder of the colony of Georgia (1733)

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"If you got one of these, you'd really made it as a shipyard," explained Miles Oglethorpe, former head of industrial heritage at Historic Environment Scotland.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

Miles Oglethorpe, formerly of Historic Environment Scotland, is hopeful that advances in paint and steel-coating technology could bring down the cost of preservation and maintenance.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

Historians have widely agreed Oglethorpe and his fellow Georgia trustees didn’t ban slavery because it was cruel to Black people.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

Thurmond describes how Oglethorpe assisted to two formerly enslaved Black men — Ayuba Suleiman Diallo and Olaudah Equiano — whose travels to England helped stir anti-slavery sentiments among white Europeans.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

It was an Edsel driven by a man named Basil Oglethorpe.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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