Edward Beecher

E16083

Edward Beecher was a 19th-century American Congregationalist minister, theologian, and abolitionist known for his religious leadership and anti-slavery advocacy.

Aliases (2)

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Congregationalist minister
abolitionist
human
theologian
writer
affiliation Congregational churches in Illinois
Illinois College
Park Street Church
surface form: "Park Street Church, Boston"
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1803-08-27
dateOfDeath 1895-07-28
describedBySource 19th-century American religious history
educatedAt Yale University
surface form: "Yale College"
familyName Beecher
father Lyman Beecher
genre religious non-fiction
theology
givenName Edward
hasOccupation college president
languageOfWorkOrName English
mother Roxana Foote Beecher
movement abolitionism
notableFor anti-slavery advocacy
religious leadership in the 19th-century United States
theological writings on the problem of evil
notableWork Narrative of Riots at Alton
The Conflict of Ages
occupation abolitionist
minister
theologian
partOf Beecher family
placeOfBirth East Hampton, New York, United States
surface form: "East Hampton, New York"
placeOfDeath Brooklyn
surface form: "Brooklyn, New York"
positionHeld first president of Illinois College
pastor in Brooklyn, New York
pastor in Galesburg, Illinois
pastor of Park Street Church, Boston
religion Congregationalism
sexOrGender male
sibling Harriet Beecher Stowe
Henry Ward Beecher
workLocation Boston, Massachusetts
Brooklyn
surface form: "Brooklyn, New York"

Galesburg, Illinois
Jacksonville, Illinois

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Conflict of Ages author Edward Beecher
Lyman Beecher child Edward Beecher
Roxana Foote Beecher child Edward Beecher
Roxana Foote Beecher child Edward Beecher
this entity surface form: "Charles Beecher"
Roxana Foote Beecher hasDescendant Edward Beecher
Beecher family hasNotableMember Edward Beecher
Roxana Foote Beecher motherOf Edward Beecher
Roxana Foote Beecher notableFamily Edward Beecher
this entity surface form: "Beecher family"
Harriet Beecher Stowe sibling Edward Beecher
Harriet sibling Edward Beecher
subject surface form: "Harriet Beecher Stowe"
Henry Ward Beecher sibling Edward Beecher
Thomas Kinnicut Beecher sibling Edward Beecher
The Conflict of Ages workOf Edward Beecher

Please wait…