What type of details about edward maria wingfield can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: edward maria wingfield , sometimes hyphenated as '' edward-maria wingfield '' -lrb- born 1550 , stonely priory , near kimbolton -- died 1631 -rrb- was a soldier , member of parliament , -lrb- 1593 -rrb- and english colonist in america . he was the son of thomas maria wingfield , and the grandson of richard wingfield . captain john smith wrote that from 1602 -- 03 wingfield was one of the early and prime movers and organisers in '' '' showing great charge and industry '' '' in getting the virginia venture moving : he was one of the four incorporators for the london virginia company in the virginia charter of 1606 and one of its biggest financial backers . he recruited -lrb- with his cousin , captain bartholomew gosnold -rrb- about forty of the 104 would-be colonists , and was the only shareholder to sail . in the first election in the new world , he was elected by his peers as the president of the governing council for one year beginning may 13 , 1607 , of what became the first successful , english-speaking colony in the new world at jamestown , virginia . he chose the site , a strong defensive position against land or canoe attack , and supervised the construction of the fort in a month and a day , a mammoth task . after four months , on september 10 , because '' '' he ever held the men to working , watching and warding '' '' , and because of lack of food , death from disease and attack by the '' naturals '' -lrb- during the worst famine and drought for 800 years -rrb- , wingfield was made a scapegoat and was deposed on petty charges . on the return of the supply boat on april 10 , 1608 , wingfield was sent back to london to answer the charge of being an atheist , and one suspected of having spanish sympathies . smith 's prime biographer , philip l. barbour , however , wrote of the '' superlative pettiness of the charges ... none of the accusations amounting to anything . '' wingfield cleared his reputation , was named in the second virginia charter , 1609 , and was active in the virginia company until 1620 ,...
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