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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Person
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:The_Evangelical_Movement
gptkb:The_Evangelical_Alliance
gptkb:The_Society_for_Effecting_the_Abolition_of_the_Slave_Trade
gptkb:The_Olney_Hymns_Society
gptkb:The_Cowper-Temple_Act
The_Cowper_Society
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gptkbp:awards
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Honorary_Doctorate_from_Cambridge_University
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1731-11-15
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gptkbp:child
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gptkb:John_Cowper
gptkb:William_Cowper
gptkb:Mary_Cowper
gptkb:George_Cowper
gptkb:Anne_Cowper
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gptkbp:contribution
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Hymn writing
Anti-slavery activism
Nature poetry
Translation of Homer
Social reform advocacy
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1800-04-25
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:St._Paul's_School,_London
gptkb:Christ's_College,_Cambridge
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gptkbp:famousQuote
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God moves in a mysterious way.
Haste, my dear, haste! I am in a hurry.
I am a poor, weak, and foolish creature.
The heart that is truly humble is the heart that is truly happy.
Variety's_the_very_spice_of_life.
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gptkbp:genre
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Romanticism
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Thomas Cowper
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Lord_Byron
gptkb:William_Wordsworth
gptkb:Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge
gptkb:John_Keats
gptkb:Percy_Bysshe_Shelley
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Jonathan_Edwards
gptkb:Thomas_à_Kempis
gptkb:George_Herbert
gptkb:John_Bunyan
gptkb:John_Milton
gptkb:Isaac_Watts
gptkb:William_Cowper
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gptkbp:knownFor
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Poetry
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:nationality
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English
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gptkbp:notableWork
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Olney Hymns
The Task
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:Poet
Writer
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gptkbp:placeOfBirth
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Berkhamsted,_Hertfordshire,_England
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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East_Dereham,_Norfolk,_England
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gptkbp:religion
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Anglicanism
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Mary_Cowper
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