| Order: | 3rd |
| Office: | President of the Territorial University of Washington |
| Term Start: | 1866 |
| Term End: | 1867 |
| Birth Name: | George Frederick Whitworth |
| Birth Date: | 15 March 1816 |
| Birth Place: | Boston, England |
| Death Place: | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Education: | Hanover College New Albany Seminary |
| Successor: | John Henry Hall |
| Office2: | President of the Territorial University of Washington |
| Term Start2: | 1874 |
| Term End2: | 1876 |
| Successor2: | Alexander Jay Anderson |
| Signature: | Signature of George Frederick Whitworth (1816–1907).png |
George Frederick Whitworth (March 15, 1816 – October 6, 1907[1]) was an American Presbyterian missionary, educated at Hanover College in Indiana. Whitworth worked as a minister in the Ohio Valley until 1853, when he and his family moved to the Western frontier.[2]
In 1867, he co-founded the Lake Washington Coal Company.[3] [4] [5] He was active in the founding of the first church in Grand Mound, Washington, which he co-pastored with J. W. Goodell (father of pioneer Phoebe Judson). He was the president of the University of Washington from 1866 to 1867 and 1874 to 1876, and was the founder of Whitworth College (now Whitworth University) in 1890.
He is buried at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington. His grave is an American Presbyterian and Reformed Historic Site (No. 252) registered by the Presbyterian Historical Society, headquartered in Philadelphia.