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George Fox, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (born 1624)
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George Fox 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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations. Members call each other Friends, after John 15:14. Originally, others called them Quakers because the movement's founder, George Fox, told a judge to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)