John Whitgift

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Archbishop of Canterbury English Anglican bishop academic administrator human theologian

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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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	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 →
educatedAt	Pembroke Hall, Cambridge NERFINISHED → Peterhouse, Cambridge NERFINISHED → University of Cambridge NERFINISHED →
endOfTenureAsArchbishopOfCanterbury	1604 →
endOfTenureAsBishopOfWorcester	1583 →
ethnicGroup	English →
familyName	Whitgift →
fullName	John Whitgift →
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 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 → Church of England →
succeededInOfficeBy	Richard Bancroft →
theologicalPosition	defender of episcopal church governance →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
John Whitgift ("Whitgift") →	familyName
John Whitgift →	fullName
Peterhouse, Cambridge →	hasNotableAlumnus
High Commission →	notableMember