General James Edward Oglethorpe

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/General_James_Edward_Oglethorpe
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Corpus_Christi_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Trustees_for_the_Establishment_of_the_Colony_of_Georgia_in_America
gptkbp:birthDate 1696-12-22
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace All Saints Church, Cranham, Essex
gptkbp:deathDate 1785-06-30
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cranham,_Essex,_England
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Colony_of_Georgia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General James Edward Oglethorpe
gptkbp:knownFor founding the colony of Georgia
gptkbp:legacy Oglethorpe County, Georgia named after him
Oglethorpe University named after him
Oglethorpe, Georgia named after him
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:British_Parliament
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:General
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Bloody_Marsh
gptkb:Siege_of_St._Augustine
gptkbp:notableWork advocacy for prison reform
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Member_of_Parliament
gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:philanthropist
gptkbp:parent Eleanor Oglethorpe
Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe
gptkbp:portrait James Edward Oglethorpe by Alfred Edmund Dyer.jpg
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:War_of_Jenkins'_Ear
gptkbp:signature James Edward Oglethorpe signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elizabeth_Wright
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mulberry_Grove_Plantation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7