Charles Spurgeon

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Baptist minister Christian preacher author human religious leader theologian

Charles Spurgeon was a renowned 19th-century English Baptist preacher, often called the "Prince of Preachers," known for his powerful sermons and influential Christian writings.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Charles Spurgeon canonical	21
Charles Haddon Spurgeon	16
Charles Spurgeon Jr.	3
C. H. Spurgeon	2
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, preacher	1
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, theologian	1
Charles Spurgeon, Baptist preacher	1
Charles Spurgeon, English Baptist minister	1
Charles Spurgeon, pastor	1
Spurgeon	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baptist minister ⓘ Christian preacher ⓘ author ⓘ human ⓘ religious leader ⓘ theologian ⓘ
burialPlace	West Norwood Cemetery, London ⓘ
causeOfDeath	Bright's disease ⓘ gout ⓘ rheumatism ⓘ
child	Thomas Spurgeon ⓘ surface form: Charles Spurgeon Jr. Thomas Spurgeon ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1834-06-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1892-01-31 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage	1856-01-08 ⓘ
endTime	1892 ⓘ
familyName	Thomas Spurgeon ⓘ surface form: Spurgeon
fieldOfWork	Christian devotional literature ⓘ homiletics ⓘ pastoral ministry ⓘ
founded	Metropolitan Tabernacle Colportage Association ⓘ Pastors' College, London ⓘ Stockwell Orphanage ⓘ
fullName	Charles Spurgeon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Charles Haddon Spurgeon
givenName	Charles ⓘ
influenced	20th-century evangelical preachers ⓘ Reformed Baptist movement ⓘ
influencedBy	George Whitefield ⓘ John Calvin ⓘ Puritan writers ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Baptist Union of Great Britain ⓘ
middleName	Haddon ⓘ
movement	Reformed churches ⓘ surface form: Reformed Baptist
nativeLanguage	English ⓘ
notableAlias	Prince of Preachers ⓘ
notableFor	extensive published sermons ⓘ influential Christian devotional writings ⓘ large congregations at the Metropolitan Tabernacle ⓘ powerful expository preaching ⓘ
notableWork	All of Grace ⓘ Around the Wicket Gate ⓘ Faith's Checkbook ⓘ John Ploughman's Pictures ⓘ John Ploughman's Talk ⓘ Lectures to My Students ⓘ Morning and Evening ⓘ The Treasury of David ⓘ
occupation	editor ⓘ pastor ⓘ preacher ⓘ writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Kelvedon, Essex, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Menton ⓘ surface form: Menton, France
positionHeld	Pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, London ⓘ Pastor of the New Park Street Chapel, London ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousDenomination	Baptists ⓘ surface form: Baptist
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Susannah Spurgeon ⓘ
startTime	1854 ⓘ
theologicalTradition	Calvinism ⓘ

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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

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Subject: Charles Spurgeon
Description of subject: Charles Spurgeon was a renowned 19th-century English Baptist preacher, often called the "Prince of Preachers," known for his powerful sermons and influential Christian writings.

Referenced by (48)

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

West Norwood Cemetery, London → hasNotableBurial → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

subject surface form: West Norwood Cemetery

West Norwood Cemetery, London → hasNotableBurial → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

subject surface form: West Norwood Cemetery

this entity surface form: Charles Haddon Spurgeon

West Norwood Cemetery, London → hasNotableBurial → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

subject surface form: West Norwood Cemetery

this entity surface form: Charles Spurgeon, Baptist preacher

West Norwood Cemetery, London → hasNotableBurial → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

subject surface form: West Norwood Cemetery

this entity surface form: Charles Haddon Spurgeon, theologian

West Norwood Cemetery, London → hasNotableBurial → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

subject surface form: West Norwood Cemetery

this entity surface form: Charles Spurgeon, pastor

West Norwood Cemetery, London → hasNotableBurial → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

subject surface form: West Norwood Cemetery

this entity surface form: Charles Haddon Spurgeon, preacher

West Norwood Cemetery, London → hasNotableBurial → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

subject surface form: West Norwood Cemetery

this entity surface form: Charles Spurgeon, English Baptist minister

Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge → hasAlumnus → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles Haddon Spurgeon

John Gill → influenced → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Charles Haddon Spurgeon

William H. Spurgeon → familyName → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spurgeon

Haddon → isMiddleNameOf → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

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Haddon → associatedWithPerson → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Kelvedon, Essex, England → hasNotablePerson → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

subject surface form: Kelvedon

Morning and Evening → author → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Morning and Evening → author → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The Treasury of David → author → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Lectures to My Students → author → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles Haddon Spurgeon

All of Grace → author → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

All of Grace → authorName → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles Haddon Spurgeon

All of Grace → associatedWithPerson → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

Faith's Checkbook → author → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Faith's Checkbook → author → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

this entity surface form: C. H. Spurgeon

John Ploughman's Talk → author → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles Haddon Spurgeon

John Ploughman's Talk → author → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

this entity surface form: C. H. Spurgeon

John Ploughman's Pictures → author → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

John Ploughman's Pictures → associatedPerson → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Around the Wicket Gate → author → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

Around the Wicket Gate → authorOf → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

Susannah Spurgeon → spouse → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

Susannah Spurgeon → spouseOfClergy → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

Susannah Spurgeon → influencedBy → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

Thomas Spurgeon → father → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

Thomas Spurgeon → sibling → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles Spurgeon Jr.

Thomas Spurgeon → twinSibling → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles Spurgeon Jr.

Thomas Spurgeon → hasRelative → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles Spurgeon Jr.

Thomas Spurgeon → influencedBy → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

Pastors' College, London → foundedBy → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

Pastors' College, London → associatedWith → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

Pastors' College, London → notableFounder → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

Metropolitan Tabernacle Colportage Association → affiliatedWith → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Metropolitan Tabernacle Colportage Association → associatedWithPerson → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Metropolitan Tabernacle Colportage Association → foundedToSupportMinistryOf → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Prince of Preachers → refersTo → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

Prince of Preachers → appliedTo → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ

Prince of Preachers → notableBearer → Charles Spurgeon ⓘ