James Oglethorpe

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British Army officer Member of Parliament of Great Britain colonial founder human philanthropist

James Oglethorpe was an 18th-century British general, philanthropist, and Member of Parliament best known as the founder and early leader of the Georgia colony in North America.

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Label	Occurrences
James Oglethorpe canonical	34
James Edward Oglethorpe	1
James Oglethorpe, Great Britain	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer ⓘ Member of Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ colonial founder ⓘ human ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ
advocatedFor	debtors and the poor in Britain ⓘ
associatedWith	Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ
citizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
commanded	British forces in Georgia ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Oglethorpe County, Georgia ⓘ Oglethorpe University ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Kingdom of England ⓘ
countryOfDeath	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1696-12-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1785-06-30 ⓘ
educatedAt	Corpus Christi College, Oxford ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ
familyName	Oglethorpe ⓘ
founded	settlement of Savannah in 1733 ⓘ
founderOf	Province of Georgia ⓘ Savannah metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: city of Savannah, Georgia
fullName	James Oglethorpe self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: James Edward Oglethorpe
givenName	Edward ⓘ James ⓘ
knownForPolicy	banning slavery in early colonial Georgia ⓘ prohibiting rum in early colonial Georgia ⓘ
legacy	considered one of the principal founders of the state of Georgia ⓘ
marriageDate	1744 ⓘ
memberOfParliamentFor	Haslemere ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
militaryConflict	War of Jenkins' Ear ⓘ War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
militaryRank	general ⓘ
militaryUnit	42nd Regiment of Foot ⓘ
notableFor	founding the colony of Georgia ⓘ
occupation	philanthropist ⓘ politician ⓘ soldier ⓘ
parliamentaryServiceEnd	1754 ⓘ
parliamentaryServiceStart	1722 ⓘ
placeOfBirth	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
placeOfDeath	Cranham, Essex ⓘ
positionHeld	Member of the House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ
spouse	Elizabeth Wright ⓘ
title	Trustee of the Colony of Georgia ⓘ
workedOn	prison reform in Britain ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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

Province of Georgia → foundedBy → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

War of Jenkins' Ear → significantCommander → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America → foundedBy → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America → hasNotableMember → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

Savannah → foundedBy → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

James Oglethorpe → fullName → James Oglethorpe self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: James Edward Oglethorpe

Siege of St. Augustine (1740) → commander → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

Battle of Fort Mose (1740) → commander → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

Battle of Fort Frederica → commander → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

Battle of Fort Frederica → commanderFor → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

Battle of Bloody Marsh → commander → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

Battle of Gully Hole Creek → commander → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

Battle of Gully Hole Creek → commanderFor → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

this entity surface form: James Oglethorpe, Great Britain

Fort Oglethorpe → namedAfter → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

Savannah Historic District → foundedBy → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

Oglethorpe Square → namedAfter → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

Oglethorpe Square → hasDedication → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

Royal Charter of 1732 → relatedTo → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

Oglethorpe Plan → namedAfter → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

Oglethorpe Plan → designedBy → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

Monterey Square → urbanPlanningBy → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

Chippewa Square → dedicatedTo → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

Colony of Georgia → foundedBy → James Oglethorpe ⓘ

Oglethorpe → hasNotableBearer → James Oglethorpe ⓘ