John Moore, archbishop of Canterbury

(1730-1805)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Moore, John, 1730-1805 NRA: Moore John (1730-1805) Archbishop of Canterbury DNB: Moore, John (bap. 1730, d. 1805), archbishop of Canterbury LBT ID: JoMoore1805 VIAF ID: 133269344 LOC ID: nr93025697	B/BAP: 1730-01-13 DIED: 1805-01-18
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Educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, he was appointed archbishop of Canterbury in 1783, in which capacity he opposed Catholic emancipation and the abolition of the slave trade.
REFERENCES TO John Moore, archbishop of Canterbury: Bishop Richard Watson to William Godwin, 18 May 1790 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Found 1: ¶ 1 C. Kegan Paul, William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Ch. III. 1788-1792 Found 1: ¶ 17