English Dissenters

English poet and artist (1757–1827)

English poet and civil servant (1608–1674)

English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733–1804)

English journalist, political philosopher and novelist

British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)

English founder of Quakers (1624–1691)

English-American clergyman and philanthropist

English ornithologist and ichthyologist

A dissenter (from the Latin , 'to disagree') is one who dissents (disagrees) in matters of opinion, belief, etc. Dissent may include political opposition to decrees, ideas or doctrines and it may include opposition to those things or the fiat of a government, political party or religion.

protestant Separatists from the Church of England

English riots regarding Joseph Priestley

London bookseller and publisher (1738-1809)

British physician (1740-1804)

English dissenter (1624-1704)

English priest and astrologer

British clergyman, topographer and historian (1792–1837)

book by Joseph Priestley

English Quaker, mystic, writer, religious dissenter

British historian

The Brownists were a Christian group in 16th-century England. They were a group of English Dissenters or early Separatists from the Church of England. They were named after Robert Browne, who was born at Tolethorpe Hall in Rutland, England, in the 1550s. The terms Brownists or Separatists were used to describe them by outsiders; they were known as Saints among themselves.

The Muggletonians, named after Lodowicke Muggleton, were a small Protestant Christian movement which began in 1651 when two London tailors announced they were the last prophets foretold in the biblical Book of Revelation. The group grew out of the Ranters and in opposition to the Quakers. Muggletonian beliefs include a hostility to philosophical reason, a scriptural understanding of how the universe works and a belief that God appeared directly on Earth as Jesus Christ. A consequential belief is that God takes no notice of everyday events on Earth and will not generally intervene until it is m