George Fox (July 1624 – 13 January 1691) was an English Dissenter and a founder of the Religious Society of Friends commonly known as the Quakers or Friends.The son of a Leicestershire weaver Fox lived in a time of great social upheaval and war. He rebelled against the religious and political authorities by proposing an unusual and uncompromising approach to the Christian faith.
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