The Biographical Dictionary of America/Andrews, John

ANDREWS, John, educator, was born in Cecil county, Md., April 14, 1746. He was graduated at the College of Philadelphia in 1765; was admitted to the priesthood of the Episcopal church in London, England, in 1767, and engaged in missionary work in Pennsylvania. He built the church of St. John at York, Pa., in 1769, and, being a loyalist, vacated his parish in Queen Anne county, Md., in 1775. He taught school in Yorktown, Pa.; was principal of the Episcopal academy, Philadelphia, 1785-'89, and became professor of moral philosophy and vice-provost of the University of Pennsylvania in 1789. He served as acting provost, 1802-'06, and as provost, 1810-13, He published Elements of Logic, and was rector of the Church at Bristol, Pa., where he died, March 29, 1813.