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Whitefield, George

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Whitefield, George (1714–70) English evangelical preacher, an important figure in early Methodism. In 1738, he made his first visit to America. Whitefield's stirring, open-air sermons contributed to the Great Awakening. He broke from John Wesley to form the Calvinistic Methodist Church.

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