Roger Williams

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Puritan minister human religious freedom advocate theologian

Roger Williams was a 17th-century Puritan minister and theologian best known for advocating religious freedom and the separation of church and state in early colonial America.

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Label	Occurrences
Roger Williams canonical	17

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Puritan minister ⓘ human ⓘ religious freedom advocate ⓘ theologian ⓘ
citizenship	Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ
conflict	banishment from Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Kingdom of England ⓘ
countryOfDeath	Colonial America ⓘ surface form: English colonial America
dateOfBirth	1603-12-21 ⓘ 1604-01-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1683-04 ⓘ
educatedAt	Charterhouse School ⓘ Pembroke College, Cambridge ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English ⓘ
familyName	Williams ⓘ
founded	Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ Providence ⓘ
givenName	Roger ⓘ
influenced	development of religious freedom in the United States ⓘ later interpretations of the First Amendment in the United States ⓘ
knownFor	defending rights of Native Americans to their lands ⓘ fair dealings and treaties with Native American tribes ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Narragansett ⓘ
movement	Baptist movement in America ⓘ religious liberty movement ⓘ
notableFor	advocacy of religious freedom ⓘ advocacy of separation of church and state ⓘ founding the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ
occupation	minister ⓘ theologian ⓘ writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
placeOfDeath	Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ Providence ⓘ
positionHeld	founder and leader of Providence Plantation ⓘ
reasonForBanishment	criticism of Massachusetts Bay Colony’s treatment of Native Americans ⓘ views on religious liberty and separation of church and state ⓘ
religion	Baptists ⓘ surface form: Baptist Christianity Puritanism ⓘ
residence	Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ Providence Plantation ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
theologicalView	advocated liberty of conscience ⓘ argued for separation of civil and ecclesiastical authority ⓘ
workAuthored	A Key into the Language of America ⓘ The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience ⓘ The Bloudy Tenent yet more Bloudy ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations → foundedBy → Roger Williams ⓘ

Anne Hutchinson → influenced → Roger Williams ⓘ

Providence → foundedBy → Roger Williams ⓘ

Narragansett language → documentedBy → Roger Williams ⓘ

John Clarke → contemporaryOf → Roger Williams ⓘ

Roger Williams National Memorial → namedAfter → Roger Williams ⓘ

Roger Williams National Memorial → commemorates → Roger Williams ⓘ

Prospect Terrace Park → hasStatueOf → Roger Williams ⓘ

Providence Plantations → foundedBy → Roger Williams ⓘ

Samuel Gorton → associatedWith → Roger Williams ⓘ

Baptist movement in America → hasKeyFigure → Roger Williams ⓘ

The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience → author → Roger Williams ⓘ

A Key into the Language of America → author → Roger Williams ⓘ

The Bloudy Tenent yet more Bloudy → author → Roger Williams ⓘ

The Bloudy Tenent yet more Bloudy → workOf → Roger Williams ⓘ

Providence Plantation → founder → Roger Williams ⓘ

Roger Williams Park → namedAfter → Roger Williams ⓘ