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William Penn
Sign in to saveEnglish real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)
William Penn was an English entrepreneur and Quaker leader who founded Pennsylvania in the late 1600s as a place where people could practice religious freedom. His colony became an important model for tolerance and democratic principles in early America, and Pennsylvania grew into one of the most influential of the thirteen colonies.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1644
- Died
- 1718
- Works
- 508
Top works
- Extract from the writings of William Penn and Richard Claridge on the death and sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ
- The sandy foundation shaken
- Truth exalted
- William Penn's journal
- A visitation to the Jews... With a concluding address to those called Christians
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1955-03-05
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 355
- Total plays
- 1,232
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,665x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,963x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,032x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,752x
- Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,539x
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Quotes
- “You are now fixed at the mercy of no governor that comes to make his fortune great; you shall be governed by laws of your own making and live a free, and if you will, a sober and industrious life. I shall not usurp the right of any, or oppress his person. God has furnished me with a better resolution and has given me his grace to keep it.”
- “Liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.”
- “If thou wouldst rule well, thou must rule for God; and to do that, thou must be ruled by him who has given to kings his grace to command themselves and their subjects, and to the people the grace to obey God and their kings.”
- “No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.”
- “True religion does not draw men out of the world but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.”
- “Men being born with a title to perfect freedom and uncontrolled enjoyment of all the rights and privileges of the law of nature... no one can be put out of his estate and subjected to the political view of another, without his consent.”
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- 1644-10-14
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- 1718-07-30
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Works in European collections
12 objects attributed to William Penn, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Fruits of solitude in reflections and maxims relating to the conduct of human life
Wilhelm Penn's Stifters und Gesetzgebers der Colonie Pennsilvanien, Früchte der Einsamkeit, in Gedanken und Maximen über den menschlichen Lebenswandel
A Perswasive to Moderation to Church Dissenters, in Prudence and Conscience : humbly submitted to the king and his Great Councel
![Copye van een Missive uyt Londen, Aen Burgermeesteren en Raadt der Stadt Embden : [Vervolginge van andere menschen, om de saken van den Gods-dienst]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb10899139_00001%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Copye van een Missive uyt Londen, Aen Burgermeesteren en Raadt der Stadt Embden : [Vervolginge van andere menschen, om de saken van den Gods-dienst]
No cross, no crown : a discourse, shewing the nature and discipline of the holy cross of Christ ...
A brief account of the rise and progress of the people calles Quakers ...
William Penn (1644 - 1718) Autographen: Brief von William Penn an N. N. - BSB Autogr.Cim. Penn, William
A brief account of the rise and progress of the people calles Quakers ...
Wilhelm Penn's Kurze Nachricht von der Entstehung und dem Fortgang der christlichen Gesellschaft der Freunde die man Quäker nennt ... : worin 1. ihr Hauptgrundsaz, 2. ihre Lehre, 3. ihr Gottesdienst, 4. ihr Kirchendienst, 5. ihre Zucht und 6. ihre Verfahrungsart genau beschrieben ist / Aus dem Englischen übersetzt, und mit Anmerkungen versehen von Ludwig Seebohm
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William Penn (24 October [O.S. 14 October] 1644 – 10 August [O.S. 30 July] 1718) 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.
In 1681, King Charles II granted an area of land corresponding to the present-day U.S. states of Pennsylvania and Delaware to Penn to offset debts he owed Penn's father, the admiral and politician Sir William Penn. The following year, Penn left England and sailed up Delaware Bay and the Delaware River, where he founded Philadelphia on the river's western bank. Penn's Quaker government was not viewed favorably by the Dutch, Swedish and English settlers in what is now Delaware, and the land was also claimed by the Calverts, proprietors of the neighbouring Province of Maryland. In 1704, the three southernmost counties of the province of Pennsylvania were granted permission to form a new, semi-autonomous Delaware Colony.