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.

Statements (51)

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 NERFINISHED → 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	First Great Awakening → 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 NERFINISHED →
religion	Anglicanism → Christianity →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Elizabeth James →
theologicalTradition	Calvinist Methodism →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Evangelicalism →	associatedWithPerson
Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America →	hasNotableMember
Charles Spurgeon →	influencedBy
Great Awakening →	keyPerson