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John Colenso
British bishop and mathematician (1814-1883)
- Child of John William Colenso and Mary Ann Blackmore
- Married to Frances Colenso
- Dated 24 January 1814 CE – 20 June 1883 CE
Bishop of Natal
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Offices on record
Overview
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Life
Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
What this means
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Offices held 2
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- 1853 CE – 1883 CE Bishop of Natal Number 1 in the sequence
Family
The family of John Colenso
Parents, spouses and children as the records give them.
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The family as a list · 7
Family 7
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a shared religious affiliation
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- child of (father) John William Colenso (1779-1860)
- child of (mother) Mary Ann Blackmore (1784-1829)
- parent of (child) Frances Colenso English historian of the Zulu Wars
- parent of (child) Francis Colenso English campaigner for Zulu rights (1852–1910)
- parent of (child) Harriette Colenso Colenso, Harriette Emily (1847–1932), missionary and political activist
- sibling of Sophia Ann Colenso (1821-1854)
- married to Frances Colenso Wife of Bishop John Colenso and author
Transmission
Teachers and students
Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.
What this means
In the direction the records give it. This is not biological ancestry and it is not institutional succession: a student who inherited no office still received the teaching, and an heir who received the office may have been taught by someone else entirely. It does not imply that teacher and student agreed.
Studied under 1
John Colenso British bishop and mathematician (1814-1883) Sources
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