George Whitefield

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Anglican priest Christian preacher evangelist human itinerant preacher

George Whitefield was an 18th-century Anglican preacher and key figure of the First Great Awakening, renowned for his powerful oratory and pioneering role in the spread of evangelical Christianity in Britain and the American colonies.

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George Whitefield canonical 28

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican priest ⓘ
Christian preacher ⓘ
evangelist ⓘ
human ⓘ
itinerant preacher ⓘ
activity preached extensively in the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
preached in Scotland ⓘ
preached in Wales ⓘ
preached throughout England ⓘ
causeOfDeath asthma ⓘ
citizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
countryOfBirth Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
countryOfDeath Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1714-12-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1770-09-30 ⓘ
educatedAt Pembroke College, Oxford ⓘ
The Crypt School, Gloucester ⓘ
familyName Whitefield ⓘ
founded Bethesda Orphan House ⓘ
Bethesda Orphanage in Georgia ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
influenced American evangelicalism ⓘ
Methodism ⓘ
evangelical Protestantism ⓘ
influencedBy Charles Wesley ⓘ
John Wesley ⓘ
Jonathan Edwards ⓘ
knownFor field preaching ⓘ
powerful oratory ⓘ
role in the First Great Awakening ⓘ
spreading evangelical Christianity in Britain and the American colonies ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
maritalStatus married ⓘ
memberOf Holy Club ⓘ
movement Great Awakening ⓘ
surface form: First Great Awakening

Methodism ⓘ
surface form: Methodist movement

evangelicalism ⓘ
notableEvent controversy over Calvinist theology with John Wesley ⓘ
preaching tour of the American colonies in 1739–1740 ⓘ
notableWork Journals of George Whitefield ⓘ
occupation clergyman ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
preacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Gloucester ⓘ
placeOfBurial Old South Presbyterian Church, Newburyport ⓘ
placeOfDeath Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
surface form: Newburyport, Massachusetts
religion Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism

Christianity ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth James ⓘ
theologicalTradition Calvinist Methodism ⓘ

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Evangelicalism → associatedWithPerson → George Whitefield ⓘ
Great Awakening → keyPerson → George Whitefield ⓘ
Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America → hasNotableMember → George Whitefield ⓘ
Charles Spurgeon → influencedBy → George Whitefield ⓘ
Methodism → hasEarlyLeader → George Whitefield ⓘ
Gilbert Tennent → influencedBy → George Whitefield ⓘ
Holy Club → foundedBy → George Whitefield ⓘ
Holy Club → memberOf → George Whitefield ⓘ
Journals of George Whitefield → author → George Whitefield ⓘ
Journals of George Whitefield → mainSubject → George Whitefield ⓘ
Bethesda Orphan House → foundedBy → George Whitefield ⓘ
Bethesda Orphan House → associatedWithPerson → George Whitefield ⓘ
Bethesda Orphanage in Georgia → foundedBy → George Whitefield ⓘ
subject surface form: Bethesda Orphanage
Bethesda Orphanage in Georgia → notableFounder → George Whitefield ⓘ
subject surface form: Bethesda Orphanage
Old South Presbyterian Church, Newburyport → hasBurial → George Whitefield ⓘ
Old South Presbyterian Church, Newburyport → notablePersonBuried → George Whitefield ⓘ
Old South Presbyterian Church, Newburyport → hasGraveOf → George Whitefield ⓘ
Old South Presbyterian Church, Newburyport → associatedWith → George Whitefield ⓘ
Elizabeth James → spouse → George Whitefield ⓘ
Elizabeth James → marriedTo → George Whitefield ⓘ
Elizabeth James → associatedWith → George Whitefield ⓘ
Christ Church, Savannah → foundedBy → George Whitefield ⓘ
Christ Church, Savannah → notableClergy → George Whitefield ⓘ
Calvinist Methodism → hasKeyFigure → George Whitefield ⓘ
Magdalen Hall, Oxford → educated → George Whitefield ⓘ
Whitfield County → namedFor → George Whitefield ⓘ
Whitfield County, Georgia → namedAfter → George Whitefield ⓘ
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing → lyricist → George Whitefield ⓘ