Oglethorpe,
James Edward 1696-1785; Eng. general: founder of the colony of Georgia (1733)
See Oglethorpe in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ōˈgəl-thôrpˌ), James Edward 1696-1785.
English soldier, philanthropist, and colonizer. He secured a charter for the colony of Georgia (1732) as a refuge for unemployed debtors newly released from prison.