Pastor Russell

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Christian minister human religious leader

Pastor Russell was the popular title of Charles Taze Russell, the 19th–20th century American religious leader who founded the Bible Student movement that later gave rise to Jehovah’s Witnesses.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian minister →
human →
religious leader →
activeYearsEnd 1916 →
activeYearsStart 1870 →
alsoKnownAs Pastor Russell →
basedIn Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States →
burialPlace United States →
countryOfCitizenship United States of America →
dateOfBirth 1852-02-16 →
dateOfDeath 1916-10-31 →
endTime 1916 →
ethnicGroup European American →
familyName Russell →
fieldOfWork Christian theology →
biblical interpretation →
founded Bible Student movement →
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania →
Zion’s Watch Tower Tract Society →
gender male →
givenName Charles →
hasTitle Pastor →
influenced International Bible Students Association →
Jehovah’s Witnesses →
languageOfWorkOrName English →
maritalStatus married →
marriageEnd circa 1908 →
marriageStart 1879 →
middleName Taze →
movement Bible Student movement →
notableEvent development of a distinct Bible Student eschatology →
formation of Zion’s Watch Tower Tract Society in 1881 →
publication of first issue of Zion’s Watch Tower in 1879 →
notableFor early leader of the movement that later gave rise to Jehovah’s Witnesses →
founding the Bible Student movement →
notableWork Studies in the Scriptures →
Zion’s Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence →
occupation editor →
preacher →
writer →
placeOfBirth Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States →
placeOfDeath near Pampa, Texas, United States →
positionHeld President of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society →
religion Christianity →
spouse Maria Frances Ackley Russell →
startTime 1879 →
theologicalView millenarianism →
nontrinitarianism →
restorationism →
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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Charles Taze Russell →
Charles Taze Russell →
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