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| Born | William Eugene Blackstone 6 October 1841 |
| Died | 7 November 1935 (aged 94) |
Main interests | Evangelism, Christian Zionism |
William Eugene Blackstone (October 6, 1841 – November 7, 1935) was an American evangelist and Christian Zionist. He was the author of the Blackstone Memorial (1891), a petition which called upon the United States to actively return the Holy Land to the Jewish people. Blackstone was influenced by Dwight Lyman Moody, James H. Brookes, and John Nelson Darby.