James Beaven

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James Beaven (9 July 1801 – 8 November 1875) was a Church of England clergyman and author,^[1] 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 premier of British Columbia from 1882 to 1883.

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• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• Biography at the Canadian Encyclopedia
• Papers of James Beaven's daughter, Catherine Beaven, are held by the University of Toronto Archives and Record Management Services.

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