James Jezreel
British soldier
Intro | British soldier | |
Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
is | Soldier | |
Work field | Military | |
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Death | 2 March 1885 |
James Jezreel, real name James Rowland White (cir 1851 – 2 March 1885), was a nineteenth-century soldier and self-proclaimed prophet.
He started off as a follower of John Wroe signing as a member of the Christian Israelite Church at Chatham 15 October 1875. In the 1880s, White chose the name 'James Jershom Jezreel' as he became convinced that he was a prophet. His followers, known as the Jezreelites, were mainly concentrated in Kent and the south-east of England. A temple was built, Jezreel's Tower, in Gillingham, Kent.