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{{short description|American Founding Father and politician}} {{About|the Georgia governor and signer of the Declaration of Independence|the second president of Georgia Tech|Lyman Hall (academic)|the high school|Lyman Hall High School}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder |name =Lyman Hall |image =Lyman Hall.jpg |office =18th [[Governor of Georgia]] |term_start =January 7, 1783 |term_end =January 9, 1784 |lieutenant = |predecessor =[[John Martin (Governor of Georgia)|John Martin]] |successor =[[John Houstoun]] |order2= Delegate from Georgia to the <br> [[Continental Congress]] |term_start2=1775 |term_end2=1777 |birth_date =April 13, 1724 |birth_place =[[Wallingford, Connecticut]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1790|10|19|1724|4|12}} |death_place =[[Burke County, Georgia]] |nationality = |party =[[Pro-Administration Party|Pro-Administration]] |spouse = Abigail Burr (1752-1753) and Mary Osborn (1757-1790) |relations = |children = Isaac Hall (1753-1794) and John Lyman Hall |residence =America|alma_mater = |occupation = |profession =Clergyman<br> [[Physician|Medical Doctor]] <br> Member [[Continental Congress]] <br> [[Governor (United States)|Governor]] <br> founder of [[University of Georgia]] |religion = |signature = Lyman Hall signature.png |website = |footnotes = }} '''Lyman Hall''' (April 12, 1724 β October 19, 1790) was an [[Founding Father of the United States|American Founding Father]], physician, clergyman, and statesman who signed the [[United States Declaration of Independence]] as a representative of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].<ref name=Bernstein2001>{{cite book |last=Bernstein|first=Richard B. |author-link=Richard B. Bernstein |title=The Founding Fathers Reconsidered | chapter=Appendix: The Founding Fathers: A Partial List |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2011 |orig-date=2009 |isbn=978-0199832576 |location=New York |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/foundingfathersr0000bern/page/176/mode/2up}}</ref> [[Hall County, Georgia|Hall County]] is named after him. He was one of four physicians to sign the Declaration, along with [[Benjamin Rush]], [[Josiah Bartlett]], and [[Matthew Thornton]].
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