Sir James Emerson Tennent

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_James_Emerson_Tennent
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir James Emerson Tennent
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:colonial_administrator
author
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