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George Fox

1624 - 1691

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George Fox, July 1624 O.S. (July-August 1624 N.S.) – 13 January 1691 O.S. (23 January 1692 N.S.), 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. He rebelled against the religious and political authorities by proposing an unusual, uncompromising approach to the Christian faith. He travelled throughout Britain as a dissenting preacher, performed hundreds of healings, and was often persecuted by the disapproving authorities. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Fox is the 1,204th most popular religious figure (down from 1,141st in 2019), the 1,369th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,196th in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Religious Figure.

George Fox was an English Christian minister who founded the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers. He is most famous for his role in the English Civil War and the foundation of Quakerism.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, George Fox ranks 1,204 out of 3,187. Before him are Henri de Lubac, Didymus the Blind, 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As, Blase J. Cupich, Shaykh Tusi, and Philippe Ouédraogo. After him are Angelo Comastri, Antipope Victor IV, Peter Claver, Adhemar of Le Puy, Epaphroditus, and Jean-Marie Lustiger.

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Among people born in 1624, George Fox ranks 6. Before him are Koxinga, Angelus Silesius, Empress Meishō, Guarino Guarini, and George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After him are Maria Miloslavskaya, François de la Chaise, Murad Bakhsh, Arnold Geulincx, Thomas Sydenham, and Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours. Among people deceased in 1691, George Fox ranks 7. Before him are Pope Alexander VIII, Robert Boyle, Suleiman II, Aelbert Cuyp, John George III, Elector of Saxony, and Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha. After him are François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, Carlo Rainaldi, Cornelis Tromp, Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Richard Baxter.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Fox ranks 1,369 out of 8,785. Before him are Samuel Wallis (1728), Thomas Lawrence (1769), Henry Royce (1863), Mary Leakey (1913), Mark Strong (1963), and John Toshack (1949). After him are Glenn Tipton (1947), Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar (940), David Tomlinson (1917), Isabella Bird (1831), John Christie (1899), and Daniel Radcliffe (1989).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, George Fox ranks 28. Before him are Ninian (360), Frederick Fleet (1887), Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130), William Tyndale (1494), John Fisher (1469), and Henry (1100). After him are Ælfheah of Canterbury (954), John Smyth (1570), Rafael Merry del Val (1865), Saint David (512), William Booth (1829), and Stephen Harding (1059).

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