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George Fox

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
George Fox 1624-91, English religious leader, founder of the Society of Friends , b. Fenny Drayton in Leicestershire. As a boy he was apprenticed to a shoemaker and wool dealer. By nature serious and contemplative, Fox at the age of 19 entered upon a wandering quest for spiritual enlightenment. In 1646 he underwent a mystical experience that convinced him that Christianity was not an outward profession but an inner light by which Christ directly illumines the believing soul. Revelation was for Fox not confined to the Scriptures. In 1647 he began to preach. Although often the victim of mob... Read more
George Fox
George Fox The English spiritual reformer George Fox (1624-1691) was the chief inspirer of the Society of Friends, or Quakers. The son of a weaver, George Fox was born in July 1624 at Fenny Drayton, Leicestershire. He... Read more
Fox, George
Fox, George (1624–91). Founder of...Leicestershire man of puritan upbringing, Fox was an apprentice shoemaker who...1689 they were much persecuted, Fox being imprisoned eight times...he gave the movement cohesion. Fox himself travelled all over the... Read more

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