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John Davenport (April 9, 1597 – May 30, 1670) was an English Puritan clergyman and co-founder of the American colony of New Haven. Early life.
John Davenport (born April 1597, Coventry, Warwickshire, Eng.—died c. March 15, 1670, Boston, Mass.) was a Puritan clergyman and cofounder of the New Haven Colony (now New Haven, Conn.). Davenport was educated at the University of Oxford and later was elected vicar of the Church of St. Stephens in London. Because Holland was more hospitable ...
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Aug 2, 2020 · John Davenport is the pseudonym of an American pornographic actor who appeared in gay and bisexual pornographic films. He was sometimes credited under the stage name Jon Davenport. Davenport won the X-Rated Critics Organization's 1986 Best Newcomer award.
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Born November 2, 1960, in San Francisco, CA; son of Eugene (a car salesman) and Rose (a secretary; maiden name, Kendziorski) Davenport; married Jennifer Locatelli (a preschool teacher), August 12, 1988; children: William, Andrew. Education: San Francisco State University, B.A., 1990; University of Connecticut, M.A., 1991, Ph.D., 1999. Hobbies and o...
Social studies and language arts teacher at St. Raymond Elementary School, Menlo Park, CA, 1997-02, and Corte Madera Middle School, Portola Valley, CA, beginning 2002. Military service:U.S. Army, 1978-82.
American Historical Society, Society for History Education, National Council for the Social Studies.
Saladin,Chelsea House (Philadelphia, PA), 2003. The U.S.-Mexico Border: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo,Chelsea House (Philadelphia, PA), 2004. The Mason-Dixon Line,Chelsea House (Philadelphia, PA), 2004. C. S. Lewis,Chelsea House (Philadelphia, PA), 2004. The Louisiana Territory,Chelsea House (Philadelphia, PA), 2005. Contributor to books, includ...
John Davenport is a middle-school history teacher and the author of several educational books for young readers, including Saladin, The U.S.-Mexico Border: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo, and The Mason-Dixon Line, all of which focus on the history of North America. In addition, Davenport's biography C. S. Lewissheds light on the life of the twent...
Apr 1, 2020 · Although John Davenport sometimes comes across as the most puritanical of the Puritan founders, he did not start out that way. Born in Coventry, England, in April 1597, Davenport trained for the ministry at Oxford. By 1624, he was vicar of Saint Stephen’s Church in London, where his popular sermons attracted a broad audience of both rich and ...
Dec 1, 2013 · In this original and lucid study, Francis J. Bremer gives us the first modern biography of John Davenport (1597–1670), one of the brighter lights of Puritan New England, well known during his lifetime as a strong preacher, astute writer, and formative leader of the colony of New Haven.
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One of the residential colleges of Yale is named for the puritan founder. My purpose today is to argue the significance of John Davenport for some bigger stories. The fact is, that outside of the circles of the Davenport family and specialists in early American history or Stuart England, most do not recognize the name of John Davenport.
