Who is Joseph Blanco White

Joseph Blanco White, born José María Blanco y Crespo (11 July 1775 – 20 May 1841), was an Anglo-Spanish political thinker, theologian, and poet.

Life

Blanco White was born in Seville, Spain. He had Irish ancestry and was the son of the merchant Guillermo Blanco (alias White, an English viceconsul, who had established himself in Seville during the reign of Fernando VI) and María Gertrudis Crespo y Neve.

Blanco White was educated for the Roman Catholic priesthood. In Seville, Spain, he had worked with Melchor de Jovellanos, an adviser to the king who advocated reform. After his ordination in 1800, White's religious doubts led him to leave Spain and go to England in 1810. There he ultimately entered the Anglican Church, having studied theology at Oxford...
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Joseph Blanco White Poems

• Night
  Mysterious Night! When our first parent knew
  Thee, from report divine, and heard thy name,
  Did he not tremble for this lovely Frame,
  This glorious canopy of Light and Blue?...

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Comments about Joseph Blanco White

• Deborahjshore: joseph blanco white, 1827. the analogy’s of adam’s first night in eden.
• Aftabkhalil20: it is possible that just as sunlight throws a curtain on starry heavens, our earthly life may be concealing from us the eternal glory of life. joseph blanco white.
• Liverpool1207: the roscoe memorial garden was opened in 1906 on the site of the former renshaw street unitarian chapel. on the 24th may 1984 a plaque was unveiled to commemorate joseph blanco white
• Nataliajp13: why do we then shun death with anxious strife? if light can thus deceive, wherefore not life? (joseph blanco white, “night and death”, 1828)
• Rcblibrary: the rcb library has a small collection of correspondence and papers from the archbishop covering the period 1831-1863. you can read more about this collection here:

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