McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Colston, Edward

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Colston, Edward


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an English philanthropist, was born at Bristol, November 2, 1630. Having amassed a fortune in Spanish trade, he spent nearly all of it in establishing charitable institutions, such as schools and hospitals, in Bristol and other cities of England. He died October 11, 1721.