Thomas Secker

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Thomas Secker was an 18th-century Archbishop of Canterbury who served as the senior bishop of the Church of England and played a prominent role in the religious and political life of Georgian Britain.

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Thomas Secker canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Archbishop of Canterbury
human
appointedAs Archbishop of Canterbury
burialPlace Lambeth Palace
surface form: Lambeth Palace Chapel
consecratedAsBishop 1735
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1693-09-21
dateOfDeath 1768-08-03
denomination Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
educatedAt Academy at Tewkesbury
Exeter College, Oxford
Jesus College, Oxford
endTime 1768
era Georgian era
familyName Secker
fieldOfWork Anglican ecclesiology
pastoral theology
givenName Thomas
hasHonorificPrefix The Most Reverend
knownFor involvement in religious and political life of Georgian Britain
sermons and pastoral writings
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf House of Lords
monarchDuringTerm George II of Great Britain
surface form: George II

George III of the United Kingdom
surface form: George III
nativeLanguage English
notableWork Lectures on the Catechism of the Church of England
Sermons on Several Subjects
occupation bishop
clergyman
theologian
participatedIn controversies over church authority in the American colonies
placeOfBirth Sibthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England
placeOfDeath Lambeth Palace
surface form: Lambeth Palace, London, England
positionHeld Archbishop of Canterbury
Bishop of Bristol
Bishop of Oxford
Dean of St Paul’s
previousPost Bishop of Bristol
Bishop of Oxford
Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral
religion Church of England
religiousOrder Church of England clergy
residence Canterbury
surface form: Canterbury, England

Lambeth Palace
sexOrGender male
startTime 1758

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Subject: Thomas Secker
Description of subject: Thomas Secker was an 18th-century Archbishop of Canterbury who served as the senior bishop of the Church of England and played a prominent role in the religious and political life of Georgian Britain.

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Coronation of George III officiatedBy Thomas Secker