English Dissenters
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English Dissenters or English Separatists were Protestants who separated from the Church of England between the 16th and 19th centuries. English Dissenters opposed state interference in religious matt
Idealized portrait of Böhme from Theosophia Revelata (1730)
George Fox
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George Fox was a Christian mystic and an English Dissenter, who was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends. The son of a Leicestershire weaver, he live
English Dissenters
…to the historical groups of England and New England. The Quakers began as a loosely knit group of preachers, many of whom had previously been Seekers. George Fox's journal attributes the name "Quaker" to a judge in 1650 calling them Quakers "because I bid them tremble before the Lord". George Fox, often regarded…
A 17th century portrait of Fox
Memorial to Fox near the site of his birthplace, George Fox Lane, Fenny Drayton, Leicestershire
The 'Dog Yard', George Fox's presumed birthplace and childhood home in Fenny Drayton, photographed c. 1890 prior to its demolition.
Medieval parish church of St Michael and All Angels, Fenny Drayton, where Fox was baptised and worshipped growing up.