JB
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Canadian priest
Gender:
Male
Places:
Is:
Work field:
Birth:
9 July 1801
Death:
8 November 1875
Star sign:
Religions:
Family:
Children:
The details
Biography
James Beaven (9 July 1801 – 8 November 1875) was a Church of England clergyman and author, educated and employed in England until accepting an appointment as professor of divinity at King's College, Toronto, in 1843.
Beaven was an accomplished classical scholar and wrote a number of books. Three of these were scholarly sermons. His subjects also included the writings of Cicero and the life and writings of St Irenaeus. A well known book documented a diocesan tour in 1845 by Bishop John Strachan. His Elements of Natural Theology is sometimes regarded as the first philosophical work written in English in Canada.
Beaven and his wife had seven children; one son, Robert, became prime minister of British Columbia from 1882 to 1883.