James W.C. Pennington

African-American activist (1809-1879)
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James W.C. Pennington
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Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
1809
Date of death
1870, October 22, 1870[4][9]
Place of birth
Queen Anne's County
Place of death
Jacksonville
Country of citizenship
United States[11]
Educated at
Yale Divinity School (1830–2023)[13]
Citizenship
United States
Birth name
James Pembroke
Family name
Pennington
Given name
James
Inventory number
NPG.2000.37.5[16]
Place of burial
Old City Cemetery[10]
Social classification
slave (?–1827)
🏷️ Also known as
en James William Charles Pennington en J. W. C. Pennington en Jim Pembroke en James Pennington en James W.C. Pennington ar جيمس وليم تشارلز بنينغتون de James William Charles Pennington de James W. C. Pennington fr James William Charles Pennington
🔖 Identifiers · 29
VIAF cluster ID
31155903
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n90642314
GND ID
119010577
African American Visual Artists Database ID
1289
American National Biography ID
0801167
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00544842
DDB person (GND) ID
119010577
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119010577
FAST ID
268831
Find a Grave memorial ID
144504248
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Freebase ID
/m/0207jq
IdRef ID
235869392
IxTheo authority ID
695649469
KBR person ID
14035473
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
119010577
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp125744
Online Books Page author ID
Pennington, James W. C.
OpenMLOL author ID
176650
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100315433
Prabook ID
1097583
Project Gutenberg author ID
5872
SNAC ARK ID
w69325ss
Unz Review author ID
PenningtonJamesWC
WikiTree person ID
Pembroke-91
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJx8yygdMdwYhyCTtCCPcP

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Occupation 3
Collection 1
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Place of birth 1
Place of death 1
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Summary

Born in Queen Anne's County[1], he… he was born on January 1, 1809[2]. He died in Jacksonville[3]. He died on January 1, 1870[4]. He worked as a pastor[5], writer[6], blacksmith[7], and religious leader[8].

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  • Type: Person[24]

  • Country: US[25]

  • Began / founded: 1809[26]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1870[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 938ce91b-d09d-4b12-9623-ae63ff01cbf6[28]

FAQs

Where was James W.C. Pennington born?

Born in Queen Anne's County[1].

Where did James W.C. Pennington die?

James W.C. Pennington passed away in Jacksonville[3].

What did James W.C. Pennington do for work?

James W.C. Pennington worked as pastor[5], writer[6], blacksmith[7], and religious leader[8].

Where did James W.C. Pennington go to school?

James W.C. Pennington was educated at Yale Divinity School[13].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . news.yale.edu. Retrieved . news.yale.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . news.yale.edu. Retrieved . news.yale.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . African American Leaders of Maryland: A Portrait Gallery. wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [2] ↑ . Project Gutenberg. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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