John Whitgift

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John Whitgift was a 16th-century English archbishop of Canterbury known for his staunch defense of the Elizabethan religious settlement and opposition to Puritanism.

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Label Occurrences
John Whitgift canonical 8
Archbishop John Whitgift 1
Whitgift 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Archbishop of Canterbury
English Anglican bishop
academic administrator
human
theologian
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts
Doctor of Divinity
Master of Arts
appointedArchbishopOfCanterbury 1583
appointedBishopOfWorcester 1577
birthDate c. 1530
birthPlace Grimsby
surface form: Great Grimsby

Kingdom of England
Lincolnshire
burialPlace Canterbury Cathedral
centuryOfActivity 16th century
early 17th century
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 1604-02-29
deathPlace Kingdom of England
Lambeth Palace
London, England
surface form: London
educatedAt Pembroke College, Cambridge
surface form: Pembroke Hall, Cambridge

Peterhouse, Cambridge
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
endOfTenureAsArchbishopOfCanterbury 1604
endOfTenureAsBishopOfWorcester 1583
ethnicGroup English
familyName John Whitgift self-linksurface differs
surface form: Whitgift
fullName John Whitgift self-link
givenName John
knownFor controversies with Puritan leaders
defense of the Elizabethan religious settlement
enforcement of religious conformity in the Church of England
opposition to Puritanism
languageOfWorkOrName English
monarchDuringTenure Elizabeth I of England
James VI and I
surface form: James I of England
notableWork An Answer to a Certain Libel Intituled An Admonition to the Parliament
The Defence of the Answer to the Admonition Against the Reply of Thomas Cartwright
politicalAlignment supporter of royal supremacy in the Church
positionHeld Archbishop of Canterbury
Bishop of Worcester
Master of Trinity College, Cambridge
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
precededInOfficeBy Edmund Grindal
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism

Church of England
succeededInOfficeBy Richard Bancroft
theologicalPosition defender of episcopal church governance

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Description of subject: John Whitgift was a 16th-century English archbishop of Canterbury known for his staunch defense of the Elizabethan religious settlement and opposition to Puritanism.

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High Commission notableMember John Whitgift
John Whitgift fullName John Whitgift self-link
John Whitgift familyName John Whitgift self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Whitgift
Richard Bancroft predecessor John Whitgift
Whitgift Centre namedAfter John Whitgift
The Defence of the Answer to the Admonition Against the Reply of Thomas Cartwright author John Whitgift
this entity surface form: Archbishop John Whitgift