William Penn was an English writer, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania during the British colonial era.
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What was William Penn most known for?
William Penn, English religious and social reformer and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, was born on October 14, 1644, in London. After suffering persecution in England for his adopted Quaker faith, Penn would establish freedom of worship for all inhabitants of his North American colony.
Is Pennsylvania named after William Penn?
Penn first called the area "New Wales", then "Sylvania", which is Latin for "forests" or "woods", which King Charles II changed to "Pennsylvania" in honor of the elder Penn.
What was William Penn's famous quote?
"Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it."
What did William Penn do for Delaware?
"William Penn is the father of representative government in Delaware. In 1681 this idealistic English Quaker became proprietor of two colonies in America: Pennsylvania and the Three Lower Counties on Delaware. He tried to unite the two into one.
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William Penn var en engelsk kvæker.
Penn studerede i Oxford i årene 1660 til 1662, men blev 1662 bortvist fra universitetet, der blev domineret af anglikanere. 1666 vendte han tilbage til familiens gods i Irland, hvor han tilsluttede sig den... Wikipedia
Født: 24. oktober 1644, London, Storbritannien
Død: 30. juli 1718, Berkshire, Storbritannien
Børn: Thomas Penn, John Penn, William Penn og mere
Organisationer grundlagt: Penn Charter, Quaker Party og Frankfurter Gesellschaft
Børnebørn: Granville Penn, William Penn III, Sophia Penn og mere
Bedsteforældre: Giles Penn og Joan Gilbert
Oldebørn: William Granville, Thomas Dawson, Samuel Paynter og mere
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At William Penn, you'll find more than 20 majors offered through seven academic divisions, with an emphasis on leadership, technology, and inspired potential.
10. okt. 2024 · English Quaker leader and advocate of religious freedom, who oversaw the founding of the American Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers.
William Penn (October 14, 1644–July 30, 1718) founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the British North American colony that became the US state of Pennsylvania.
The William Penn Foundation invests in ideas that expand opportunity for all in the Philadelphia region.
When Penn was born in 1644, his homeland was in the midst of England's Civil War. Penn's father was a “royalist” who staunchly supported King Charles I.
13. nov. 2024 · William Penn was born at Tower Hill, London, England in 1644 to English naval officer Admiral Sir William Penn and Margaret Jasper, a Dutchwoman.
William Penn was the first great hero of American liberty. During the late seventeenth century, when Protestants persecuted Catholics, Catholics persecuted ...
William Penn was born near Tower Hill, in London, on 14th October 1644, in the middle of the Civil War. His father was Vice-Admiral Sir William Penn, a great ...
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Andrew R. Murphy offers the first major biography of Penn in more than forty years, and the first to make full use of Penn's private papers.
