Beilby Porteus
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Death | 215 years ago |
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Date of birth | May 8,1731 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | York |
United Kingdom | |
Died | Fulham Palace |
London | |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | May 13,1809 |
Education | Christ's College Cambridge |
Buri | Sundridge |
Church | Church of England |
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ID | 3952722 |
Beilby Porteus Life story
Beilby Porteus, successively Bishop of Chester and of London, was a Church of England reformer and a leading abolitionist in England. He was the first Anglican in a position of authority to seriously challenge the Church's position on slavery.