William Penn
✶October 14, 1644
†July 30, 1718
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✶October 14, 1644
†July 30, 1718
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William Penn was an English writer, theologian, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania. An advocate of democracy and religious freedom, Penn was known for his amicable relations and successful treaties with the Lenape native peoples who had resided in present-day Pennsylvania before European colonisation there.
English writer and religious thinker (1644–1718)
Biography from the article William Penn on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.