Gouverneur Morris
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Gouverneur Morris King's College 1768 is considered a Founding Father of the United States. He represented Pennsylvania at the Constitutional Convention and authored large sections of the United States Constitution, including its preamble. He also served for a time as ambassador to France.
Like King's alumnis Alexander Hamilton, one of Morris' most significant contributions to the early US was economic; he proposed a decimal system for the currency, and is credited with inventing the "cent". Apparently a fan of mathematical order, he also chaired the commission that created the Manhattan street grid in 1811.
His 1768 commencement address was entitled "Wit and Beauty".
