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George Fox (July 1624 – 13 January 1691) was 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 lived in times of social upheaval and war.
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George Fox, English preacher and missionary and founder of the Society of Friends (or Quakers). His personal religious experience made him hostile to church conventions and established his reliance on what he saw as ‘inner light,’ or God-given inspiration over scriptural authority or creeds.
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Apr 6, 2020 · Learn about George Fox, the 17th-century English preacher who founded the Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers. Discover his spiritual journey, teachings, and legacy in this biography.
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Learn about George Fox, the founder of the Quaker (Friends) movement, who experienced Christ as a present reality and preached against hypocrisy and violence. Explore his life, ministry, writings, and legacy in England, Europe, and America.
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Apr 24, 2015 · Learn about the origins of Quakerism in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, where George Fox, the founder of the religion, received a vision from God in 1647. Discover the heritage trail, plaque and audio tour that aim to expose the town's "best kept secret" to visitors.
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George Fox (July 1624 – 13 January 1691) was 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 lived in times of social upheaval and war.

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George Fox (1624–1691) believed that true spirituality came from God speaking directly to the human soul through the “inner light” of the Holy Spirit. This belief sent Fox on a personal journey that eventually led to the founding of a religious movement known as the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers .

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George Fox – An Autobiography, an annotated and slightly abridged text, is also available in print (e. g. Friends United Press, 2006; ISBN 0-913408-24-7) and online ( Archived 22 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine ). Nickalls, John L. (editor). 1952. The Journal of George Fox. Cambridge University Press.

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Walt Whitman, who was raised by parents inspired by Quaker principles, later wrote: "George Fox stands for something too - a thought - the thought that wakes in silent hours - perhaps the deepest, most eternal thought latent in the human soul. This is the thought of God, merged in the thoughts of moral right and the immortality of identity.

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George Fox's personal dynamism, Spirit anointed, made him a powerful preacher, a penetrating seer, a gentle pastor, and occasionally a healer. He led into ministry servants such as Mary Fisher and aristocrats such as William Penn and Isaac Penington.

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Several meetinghouses were built before he died, in London, in January 1691. He was buried at Bunhill Fields, a non-conformist burial ground on the edge of the City of London. Cecil W Sharman, George Fox and the Quakers, London, UK, Quaker Home Service and Richmond USA, Friends United Press, 1991.

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George Fox was born and grew up in Fenny Drayton in Leicestershire in the turbulent times leading up to the Civil War. At 12, he was apprenticed to a local tradesman, but he left home in 1643 to seek ‘the truth’, through listening to preachers and others, and developing his own ideas.
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George Fox, (born July 1624, Drayton-in-the-Clay, Leicestershire, Eng.—died Jan. 13, 1691, London), English preacher and founder of the Society of Friends, or Quakers. The son of a weaver, he left home at age 18 in search of religious experience.