Beilby Porteus
Bishop of Chester
Died when: 78 years 5 days (936 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Beilby Porteus (or Porteous; 8 May 1731 – 13 May 1809), 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.
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