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. | |