William Penn

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William Penn was an English Quaker leader and political philosopher who founded the Province of Pennsylvania as a haven for religious freedom and democratic governance in colonial America.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Quaker
colonial governor
human
political philosopher
advocatedFor freedom of conscience
religious toleration
separation of powers
trial by jury
birthDate 1644-10-14
birthPlace Kingdom of England
London
burialPlace Buckinghamshire
Jordan's Meeting House burial ground
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 1718-07-30
deathPlace Berkshire
Kingdom of Great Britain
Ruscombe
educatedAt Chigwell School
Christ Church, Oxford
ethnicGroup English
familyName Penn
father Sir William Penn
William Penn the Elder
founded Philadelphia
Province of Pennsylvania
fullName William Penn
givenName William
heldPosition Governor of Pennsylvania
Proprietor of the Province of Pennsylvania
influenced American founding fathers
United States constitutional thought
knownFor advocacy of religious freedom
fair dealings with Native Americans
founding Pennsylvania
promotion of representative government
movement Religious Society of Friends
notableWork Frame of Government of Pennsylvania
No Cross, No Crown
Some Fruits of Solitude
politicalIdeology liberalism
republicanism
religion Quakerism
residence Pennsbury Manor
Philadelphia
spouse Gulielma Maria Springett
Hannah Callowhill Penn
wroteAbout civil government
peace and nonviolence
religious liberty


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