| Provost [note 1] | Birth–death | Years as provost | Name of institution | Notes |
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1 | The Reverend George Whitefield [note 2] | 1714–1770 | 1740–1749 | Unnamed Charity School [note 3] | |
2 | Benjamin Franklin [note 4] | 1706–1790 | 1749–1754 | Academy of Philadelphia | |
3 | The Reverend William Smith | 1727–1803 | 1754–1779 | College of Philadelphia | American Revolution |
4 | The Reverend John Ewing | 1732–1802 | 1779–1802 | University of Pennsylvania | American Revolution |
5 | The Reverend William Smith | 1751–1820 | 1802–1806 | University of Pennsylvania | |
6 | The Reverend John McDowell | 1732–1802 | 1807–1810 | University of Pennsylvania | |
7 | The Reverend John Andrews | 1746–1813 | 1810–1813 | University of Pennsylvania | |
8 | The Reverend Frederick Beasley | 1777–1845 | 1813–1828 | University of Pennsylvania | |
9 | The Right Reverend William Heathcote DeLancey | 1797–1865 | 1828–1834 | University of Pennsylvania | |
10 | The Reverend John Ludlow | 1793–1857 | 1834–1852 | University of Pennsylvania | |
11 | The Reverend Henry Vethake | 1790–1866 | 1853–1859 | University of Pennsylvania | |
12 | The Reverend Daniel Raynes Goodwin | 1811–1890 | 1860–1868 | University of Pennsylvania | |
13 | Charles Janeway Stillé | 1819–1899 | 1868–1880 | University of Pennsylvania | |
14 | William Pepper | 1843–1898 | 1881–1894 | University of Pennsylvania | |
15 | Charles Custis Harrison | 1844–1929 | 1894–1910 | University of Pennsylvania | |
16 | Edgar Fahs Smith | 1854–1928 | 1910–1920 | University of Pennsylvania | |
17 | Josiah Harmar Penniman | 1868–1940 | 1923–1930 | University of Pennsylvania | |
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