William Tennent

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Presbyterian minister educator person theological school

William Tennent was a Scottish-born American Presbyterian minister and educator best known for founding the "Log College," an influential early training school for colonial clergy that helped spur the First Great Awakening.

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Label	Occurrences
William Tennent canonical	4
William Tennent Jr.	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Presbyterian minister ⓘ educator ⓘ person ⓘ theological school ⓘ
birthDate	1673 ⓘ
birthPlace	Scotland ⓘ
child	Charles Tennent NERFINISHED ⓘ Gilbert Tennent NERFINISHED ⓘ John Tennent NERFINISHED ⓘ William Tennent Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Colonial America NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Colonial America NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate	1746 ⓘ
denomination	Presbyterian Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Edinburgh ⓘ University of Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Christian ministry ⓘ theological education ⓘ
founded	Log College NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	William Tennent NERFINISHED ⓘ
immigratedTo	Province of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	College of New Jersey (Princeton University) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gilbert Tennent NERFINISHED ⓘ Presbyterian clergy training in colonial America ⓘ Samuel Blair NERFINISHED ⓘ William Tennent Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ early American Presbyterianism ⓘ
knownFor	founding the Log College ⓘ influence on the First Great Awakening ⓘ training colonial Presbyterian clergy ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Neshaminy, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	Presbytery of Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ Synod of Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement	First Great Awakening NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	William Tennent NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	founding of the Log College ⓘ
occupation	Presbyterian minister ⓘ educator ⓘ
placeOfBurial	Neshaminy, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	pastor at Neshaminy Presbyterian Church ⓘ
religion	Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Presbyterianism
residence	Bucks County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Neshaminy, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Katherine Kennedy Tennent NERFINISHED ⓘ
theologicalTradition	Calvinism NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Gilbert Tennent → father → William Tennent ⓘ

Gilbert Tennent → sibling → William Tennent ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Tennent Jr.

Gilbert Tennent → influencedBy → William Tennent ⓘ

William Tennent High School → namedAfter → William Tennent ⓘ

William Tennent Airport (historical, closed) → namedAfter → William Tennent ⓘ

subject surface form: William Tennent Airport