John Zephaniah Holwell

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John Zephaniah Holwell was an 18th-century British colonial official and writer in India, best known for his controversial account of the Black Hole of Calcutta.

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John Zephaniah Holwell canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial administrator ⓘ
human ⓘ
memoirist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
activeInPeriod 18th century ⓘ
birthDate 1711-09-17 ⓘ
birthPlace Dublin ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
burialPlace Pinner Churchyard ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfRetirement 1760s ⓘ
deathDate 1798-11-05 ⓘ
deathPlace England ⓘ
Middlesex ⓘ
linked to: Middlesex, England

Pinner ⓘ
described Black Hole of Calcutta ⓘ
employer British East India Company ⓘ
ethnicGroup Irish-born English ⓘ
familyName Holwell ⓘ
fieldOfWork Indology ⓘ
colonial administration in Bengal ⓘ
history of India ⓘ
genre historical narrative ⓘ
political writing ⓘ
religious and philosophical writing ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasPartInHisLife captivity following the fall of Calcutta in 1756 ⓘ
knownFor account of the Black Hole of Calcutta ⓘ
writings on India ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
middleName Zephaniah ⓘ
linked to: Book of Zephaniah
movement early Orientalism ⓘ
notableIdea early European interpretations of Hinduism ⓘ
notableWork A Genuine Narrative of the Deplorable Deaths of the English Gentlemen and Others Who Were Suffocated in the Black Hole ⓘ
Interesting Historical Events, Relative to the Provinces of Bengal and the Empire of Indostan ⓘ
occupation colonial administrator ⓘ
physician ⓘ
politician ⓘ
writer ⓘ
participantIn Black Hole of Calcutta ⓘ
participatedIn Siege of Calcutta ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Bengal (acting) ⓘ
member of the Council of Fort William ⓘ
religion Deism ⓘ
Hinduism (sympathetic interest) ⓘ
residence Bengal ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
spouse Elizabeth Holwell ⓘ
subjectOf historiographical debates about the Black Hole of Calcutta ⓘ

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Siege of Calcutta → commander → John Zephaniah Holwell ⓘ
Black Hole of Calcutta → primarySource → John Zephaniah Holwell ⓘ
Black Hole of Calcutta → reportedBy → John Zephaniah Holwell ⓘ
Pinner Churchyard → hasGraveOf → John Zephaniah Holwell ⓘ
Pinner Churchyard → notableBurial → John Zephaniah Holwell ⓘ
Pinner Churchyard → associatedWith → John Zephaniah Holwell ⓘ
Elizabeth Holwell → spouse → John Zephaniah Holwell ⓘ