Loading…
John Winthrop
Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay and Author of "City upon a Hill" (1588-1649)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 22 January 1588
- Died
- 26 March 1649
- Place of birth
- Edwardstone
- Place of death
- Boston
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Winthrop
- Father
- Adam Winthrop
- Mother
- Anne Browne
- Child
- John Winthrop the Younger, Stephen Winthrop, Henry Winthrop, Mary Winthrop, Adam Winthrop, Deane Winthrop, Samuel Winthrop
- Sibling
- Lucy Winthrop
- Occupation
- politician, theologian, writer, lawyer, jurist
- Position held
- Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Religion
- Puritans
- described by source
- Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Library of the World's Best Literature, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- educated at
- University of Cambridge, Trinity College
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- name in native language
- John Winthrop
- notable work
- A Model of Christian Charity
- place of burial
- King's Chapel Burying Ground
- replaced by
- Thomas Dudley
- replaces
- John Endecott
- social classification
- slave owner
- writing language
- English
Nothing in the MetaHistoryBook collection references this item yet.