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William Penn (Londres, 9 de janeiro de 1644 - Berkshire, 30 de julho de 1718) foi um escritor e pensador religioso inglês pertencente à Sociedade Religiosa de Amigos e fundador da Província da Pensilvânia, uma colônia do Reino Unido.
William Penn (24 October [ O.S. 14 October] 1644 – 10 August [ O.S. 30 July] 1718) was an English writer, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania during the British colonial era.
25 de mai. de 2024 · William Penn (born October 14, 1644, London, England—died July 30, 1718, Buckinghamshire) was an English Quaker leader and advocate of religious freedom, who oversaw the founding of the American Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers and other religious minorities of Europe.
- William Penn received a classical education at the Chigwell grammar school in Essex, England, and then matriculated at the University of Oxford (16...
- Having spent his early years in the Essex countryside, William Penn moved with his family to London and then to Ireland. After he was expelled from...
- Penn rejected Anglicanism and joined the Quakers (Society of Friends), who were subject to official persecution in England. He was the author of a...
- William Penn was an English Quaker leader and advocate of religious freedom who oversaw the founding of Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers and ot...
Founding and governorship of Pennsylvania. land granted to William Penn and his daughter. Diagram of lots of land in Philadelphia granted to William Penn and his daughter, 1698. Penn had meanwhile become involved in American colonization as a trustee for Edward Byllynge, one of the two Quaker proprietors of West New Jersey.
Learn about William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania and a champion of religious freedom. Explore his life, his work, and his legacy through the Arch Street Friends Meeting House and other resources.
William Penn foi um explorador britânico, fundador da colônia de Pennsylvania. Em 1681 Penn obteve da Coroa Inglesa, em pagamento por uma dívida devida a seu pai, uma concessão de terra na América do Norte, para onde zarpou em companhia de alguns correligionários no dia 23 de Junho de 1682.
The son of a famous British Admiral, William Penn was born in 1644, just before the English Revolution that overthrew King Charles I. After the restoration of the monarchy, Penn left the Anglican Church to become a Quaker, much to his family's dismay.
