Phillips Brooks
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Phillips Brooks was a prominent 19th-century American Episcopal clergyman and orator, best known as the author of the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and as a leading preacher at Boston's Trinity Church.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phillips Brooks canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Phillips Brooks Context triple: [Hollis Hall, hasNotableResident, Phillips Brooks]
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William Conant Church
William Conant Church was a 19th-century American journalist, editor, and co-founder of the National Rifle Association.
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Dwight L. Moody
Dwight L. Moody was a prominent 19th-century American evangelist and publisher who played a key role in the rise of modern evangelical Christianity and founded institutions such as the Moody Bible Institute.
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C.
William White
William White was an influential early American Episcopal bishop and church leader who helped shape the post-Revolutionary Anglican tradition in the United States.
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D.
B. B. Warfield
B. B. Warfield was an influential American Presbyterian theologian and professor renowned for his rigorous defense of biblical inerrancy and Reformed theology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
George Reynolds
George Reynolds was the 19th-century Mormon defendant whose challenge to federal anti-polygamy laws led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Reynolds v. United States, which helped define the limits of religious freedom under the First Amendment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Phillips Brooks Target entity description: Phillips Brooks was a prominent 19th-century American Episcopal clergyman and orator, best known as the author of the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and as a leading preacher at Boston's Trinity Church.
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A.
William Conant Church
William Conant Church was a 19th-century American journalist, editor, and co-founder of the National Rifle Association.
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B.
Dwight L. Moody
Dwight L. Moody was a prominent 19th-century American evangelist and publisher who played a key role in the rise of modern evangelical Christianity and founded institutions such as the Moody Bible Institute.
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C.
William White
William White was an influential early American Episcopal bishop and church leader who helped shape the post-Revolutionary Anglican tradition in the United States.
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D.
B. B. Warfield
B. B. Warfield was an influential American Presbyterian theologian and professor renowned for his rigorous defense of biblical inerrancy and Reformed theology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
George Reynolds
George Reynolds was the 19th-century Mormon defendant whose challenge to federal anti-polygamy laws led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Reynolds v. United States, which helped define the limits of religious freedom under the First Amendment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian cleric
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Episcopal priest ⓘ author ⓘ human ⓘ orator ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mount Auburn Cemetery ⓘ |
| clergyType |
bishop
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priest ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1835-12-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1893-01-23 ⓘ |
| denomination |
Episcopal Church
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surface form:
Protestant Episcopal Church
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| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Virginia Theological Seminary ⓘ |
| familyName | Brooks ⓘ |
| genre |
religious writing
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sermon ⓘ |
| givenName | Phillips ⓘ |
| hasMonument | Phillips Brooks statue at Trinity Church, Boston ⓘ |
| hasPart |
sermon collection "Sermons"
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sermon collection "Twenty Sermons" ⓘ |
| influenced | American Protestant preaching ⓘ |
| knownFor |
authoring the text of the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
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being a leading 19th-century American Episcopal preacher ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts ⓘ |
| movement | Broad Church Anglicanism ⓘ |
| name | Phillips Brooks self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Lectures on Preaching
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O Little Town of Bethlehem ⓘ The Candle of the Lord and Other Sermons ⓘ The Influence of Jesus ⓘ |
| occupation |
clergyman
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preacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| positionHeld |
Bishop of Massachusetts
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Rector of Trinity Church, Boston ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglicanism (broadly)
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surface form:
Anglicanism
Episcopal Church ⓘ
surface form:
Episcopal Church (United States)
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Subject: Phillips Brooks Description of subject: Phillips Brooks was a prominent 19th-century American Episcopal clergyman and orator, best known as the author of the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and as a leading preacher at Boston's Trinity Church.
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