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John Clarke (3 October 1609 – 20 April 1676) was a medical doctor Baptist minister co-founder of the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations author of its influential charter and a leading advocate of religious freedom in the Americas.

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birth date
1609-10-03, 1609-10-08
birth place
England, Suffolk, Westhorpe Suffolk
death date
1676-04-20
death place
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Newport Rhode Island
governor
Benedict Arnold (governor)
office
Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
order in office
3rd and 5th
religion
Baptists
successor
John Cranston (governor), Nicholas Easton

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