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.

Aliases (1)

James Edward Oglethorpe ×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 NERFINISHED → Oglethorpe University →
countryOfBirth	Kingdom of England →
countryOfDeath	Kingdom of Great Britain →
dateOfBirth	1696-12-22 →
dateOfDeath	1785-06-30 →
educatedAt	Corpus Christi College, Oxford NERFINISHED → University of Oxford NERFINISHED →
familyName	Oglethorpe →
founded	settlement of Savannah in 1733 →
founderOf	Province of Georgia → city of Savannah, Georgia →
fullName	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 →
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 (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Province of Georgia → Savannah → Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America →	foundedBy
James Oglethorpe ("James Edward Oglethorpe") →	fullName
Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America →	hasNotableMember
War of Jenkins' Ear →	significantCommander