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George Ellicott (1760–1832) was a son of Andrew Ellicott, who with his two brothers (all were Quakers from Bucks County, Pa.) founded Ellicott's Mills (now Ellicott City), Maryland. [1] He was a mathematician, an amateur astronomer, a younger cousin of surveyor Major Andrew Ellicott and a friend of Benjamin Banneker .
George Ellicott was a son of Andrew Ellicott, one of several brothers that founded Ellicott Mills (Ellicott City). [1] George Ellicott bought swampland after the colonial war now known as the Inner Harbor of Baltimore. He used a horse drawn dredge to create shipping docks for his flour supplies. [2] The George Ellicott House was built in Oella ...
In 1866, after years of neglect, the buildings and 110 acres (0.45 km 2) site were sold by George Ellicott to the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) for $15,000. Mount St. Clemons College was built in 1868 and the studentate moved from Annapolis .
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905) was a distinguished English Christian theologian, academic and churchman. He briefly served as Dean of Exeter , [ 1 ] then Bishop of the united see of Gloucester and Bristol .
The Ellicott brothers helped revolutionize farming in the area by persuading farmers to plant wheat instead of tobacco and also by introducing fertilizer to revitalize depleted soil. [4] Charles Carroll , a signer of the Declaration of Independence , was an early influential convert from tobacco to wheat. [ 5 ]
George Elliott (spy) (before 1555–after 1581), English confidence man, a/k/a George Eliot, who arrested Edmund Campion George Elliott (surgeon) (c. 1636–1668), English military doctor George F. Elliott (1846–1931), American major general, Marine Corps Commandant
Andrew Ellicott (January 24, 1754 – August 28, 1820) was an American land surveyor who helped map many of the territories west of the Appalachians, surveyed the boundaries of the District of Columbia, continued and completed Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant's work on the plan for Washington, D.C., and served as a teacher in survey methods for Meriwether Lewis.
Henry Jackson Ellicott (1847–1901), sculptor, great-grandson of Andrew Ellicott (surveyor). John Ellicott (miller) (1739–1794), son of Andrew Ellicott. Joseph Ellicott (miller) (1732–1780), together with his brothers John and Andrew, founded Ellicott's Mills, Maryland in 1772