Book Cover of Joseph Blanco White

Timeline

Lifetime: 1775 - 1841 Passed: ≈ 183 years ago

Title

Political Thinker, Theologian

Country/Nationality

Spain
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Joseph Blanco White

Joseph Blanco White, born José María Blanco y Crespo was an Anglo-Spanish political thinker, theologian, and poet.

Blanco White was born in Seville, Spain. He had Irish ancestry and was the son of the merchant Guillermo Blanco (alias White, an English viceconsul, who had established himself in Seville during the reign of Fernando VI) and María Gertrudis Crespo y Neve.

Blanco White was educated for the Roman Catholic priesthood. In Seville, Spain, he had worked with Melchor de Jovellanos, an adviser to the king who advocated reform. After his ordination in 1800, White's religious doubts led him to leave Spain and go to England in 1810. There he ultimately entered the Anglican Church, having studied theology at Oxford and made the friendship of Thomas Arnold, John Henry Newman the Reverend E.T. Daniell and Richard Whately. He became tutor in Whately's family when Whately became the Archbishop of Dublin in 1831. While in this position White embraced Unitarian views. He found asylum amongst the Unitarians of Liverpool, and he died in the city on 20 May 1841.

Books by Joseph Blanco White

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Night and Death

Poetry
Death Poems political Verses Fortnightly

Joseph Blanco White was a Spanish poet, theologian and political writer and editor of Irish descent.