William Penn was an English writer, theologian, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania.
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All Hallows-by-the Tower Church in London, where Penn was baptized in 1644
1666 portrait of Penn at age 22
A plaque memorializing Penn's trial at Old Bailey; in 1688, Penn was imprisoned and held in solitary confinement in the Tower of London following his publication criticizing the practices of the Catholic Church and Church of England.
The Birth of Pennsylvania, a 1680 portrait by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, featuring Penn facing King Charles II
The belt of wampum delivered to Penn by Native Americans at the signing of the Great Treaty in 1682
The first draft of the Frame of Government of Pennsylvania, written by Penn in England in 1681
Frederick S. Lamb's portrait of Penn now on display at the Brooklyn MuseumAwards 2
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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.
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deceased
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Lived 1644 to 1718 · aged 73
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