George Whitefield, English Anglican priest (died 1770)

George Whitefield

English cleric and preacher (1714–1770)

George Whitefield, also known as George Whitfield, was an English Anglican minister and preacher who was one of the founders of Methodism and the evangelical movement. Born in Gloucester, he matriculated at Pembroke College, Oxford in 1732. There, he joined the "Holy Club" and…