Sir James Emerson Tennent

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_James_Emerson_Tennent

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:adoptedName	Tennent
gptkbp:birthDate	1804-04-07
gptkbp:birthName	James Emerson
gptkbp:child	James Emerson Tennent Jr. William Emerson Tennent
gptkbp:deathDate	1869-03-06
gptkbp:education	gptkb:Trinity_College_Dublin
gptkbp:honor	gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society Baronet of Tempo Manor
gptkbp:knownFor	public service in Ceylon writings on Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
gptkbp:memberOfParliamentFor	gptkb:Belfast gptkb:Lisburn
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:notableWork	Ceylon: An Account of the Island Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:author gptkb:colonial_administrator gptkb:politician
gptkbp:party	gptkb:Conservative_Party gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:placeOfBirth	gptkb:County_Antrim,_Ireland
gptkbp:placeOfDeath	gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:reasonForSurnameChange	marriage to Letitia Tennent
gptkbp:servedAs	gptkb:Colonial_Secretary_of_Ceylon
gptkbp:spouse	Letitia Tennent
gptkbp:title	gptkb:Baronet Sir
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Borella_Cemetery
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Sir James Emerson Tennent