Bishop John William Colenso

GPTKB entity

Properties (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Bishop
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Church_of_the_Province_of_South_Africa
gptkb:Church_Mission_Society
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkb:University_of_Cape_Town
gptkbp:birthDate 1814-01-24
gptkbp:birthPlace St._Austell,_Cornwall,_England
gptkbp:child gptkb:William_Colenso
gptkb:George_Colenso
gptkb:Henry_Colenso
gptkbp:deathDate 1883-06-20
gptkbp:field Biblical criticism
Education
Social reform
Missionary work
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bishop John William Colenso
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Albert_Schweitzer
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_Henry_Newman
gptkbp:knownFor Advocacy for indigenous rights
Criticism_of_Biblical_literalism
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:notableEvent Controversy over polygamy
First_Bishop_of_Natal
Publication_of_'The_Pentateuch'
gptkbp:notableWork The_Pentateuch_and_Book_of_Joshua_Critically_Examined
gptkbp:occupation Bishop
Theologian
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Bishop_of_Natal
gptkbp:religion Anglicanism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Natal_Colony
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Frances_Colenso