Bishop John Strachan

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Bishop
gptkbp:advocatesFor Religious education
Public education system
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Anglican_Church_of_Canada
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:King's_College,_Aberdeen
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Church_of_England
gptkbp:birthDate 1778-04-17
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:St._James'_Cemetery,_Toronto
gptkbp:children gptkb:John_Strachan_Jr.
gptkbp:contributedTo Development_of_the_Anglican_Church_in_Canada
gptkbp:contribution Establishment_of_the_Anglican_Church_in_Canada
gptkbp:deathDate 1867-11-01
gptkbp:established gptkb:Trinity_College,_Toronto
gptkbp:honorificPrefix The Right Reverend
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bishop John Strachan
gptkbp:influence Public_school_system_in_Ontario
gptkbp:influenced Education_in_Ontario
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_Wesley
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Upper_Canada_Rebellion
gptkbp:isInvolvedIn Formation of the Diocese of Toronto
gptkbp:knownFor Advocacy for education
gptkbp:legacy Strachan_Avenue_in_Toronto
gptkbp:nationality Canadian
gptkbp:notableEvent Consecration_as_Bishop_in_1839
gptkbp:notableWork Founding_of_the_University_of_Toronto
gptkbp:occupation Cleric
gptkbp:participatedIn Constitutional_debates_in_Canada
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Aberdeenshire,_Scotland
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Toronto,_Ontario,_Canada
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Bishop_of_Toronto
gptkbp:promoted Social welfare initiatives
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Order_of_Canada
gptkbp:religion Anglicanism
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Chaplain_to_the_Legislative_Assembly_of_Upper_Canada
War of 1812
gptkbp:spouse Mary_Strachan
gptkbp:supported Colonial government policies
Anglican_missionary_work
gptkbp:wasA Influential leader in the community
Advocate_for_the_rights_of_Anglicans_in_Canada
Founder_of_several_schools_in_Ontario
Key_figure_in_the_Anglican_Church_in_Canada
Member_of_the_Legislative_Council_of_Ontario
Pioneer_in_education_reform_in_Canada
Prominent_figure_in_early_Canadian_history
Promoter_of_the_Anglican_faith_in_Canada
Advocate_for_the_establishment_of_the_Church_of_England_in_Canada
Member_of_the_Society_for_the_Propagation_of_the_Gospel_in_Foreign_Parts
Key_player_in_the_development_of_Toronto_as_a_city.
gptkbp:wasEducatedAt gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:wrote Letters and sermons