Thomas Pringle
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Thomas Pringle is a Scottish-born poet, writer, and abolitionist often regarded as the "father of South African poetry" for his influential early 19th-century literary and anti-slavery work.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Pringle canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
abolitionist
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human ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| birthName | Thomas Pringle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pulmonary disease ⓘ |
| coFounded |
Cape Town Gazette
NERFINISHED
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South African Journal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Scotland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1789-01-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1834-12-05 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| employer |
Anti-Slavery Society
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Cape Town Gazette NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Journal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
abolitionism
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journalism ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| genre |
poetry
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political writing ⓘ travel writing ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery Throughout the British Dominions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | abolitionism ⓘ |
| name | Thomas Pringle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
anti-slavery activism
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being regarded as the father of South African poetry ⓘ early 19th-century South African literary work ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Sketch of the Present State of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope
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African Sketches NERFINISHED ⓘ Ephemerides; or, Occasional Poems NERFINISHED ⓘ Narrative of a Residence in South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Poems, Chiefly Written During the Late War NERFINISHED ⓘ Some Account of the Present State of the English Settlers in Albany, South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bechuana Boy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
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journalist ⓘ poet ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| participantIn | 1820 British Settler movement to the Cape Colony ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Blenchfield, Roxburghshire, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | London, England ⓘ |
| positionHeld | secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ |
| residence |
Cape Colony
NERFINISHED
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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