Auteur: Alexander Hewatt

Alexander Hewat (1739-1824) was the first historian of South Carolina and Georgia, best known for his two volume work An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia. He remained loyal to the King during the American Revolution, and as a result his property was seized and he was expelled in 1777. Hewat was a Presbyterian minister who officiated in Charleston, South Carolina from 1763 to 1777. After the publication of his History in 1779, he was awarded an honorary DD doctorate degree by Edinburgh University.