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George Fox
Sign in to saveEnglish founder of Quakers (1624–1691)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1624
- Died
- 1691
- Works
- 547
Top works
- To the Great Turk, and his King at Argiers
- An answer to the speech or decalration [sic] of the great Turk, Sulton Mahomet
- The royal law of God revived: wherein you may see that all nations of men may keep in it a royal society
- That all might see who they were that had a command and did pay tythes, and who they were that had a law to receive them
- A Spiritual or heavenly salutation to all the tender-hearted in Christendom that are seeking the kingdom of God and the righteousness therof
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1991-10-11
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,388
- Total plays
- 27,479
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George Fox (born March 23, 1960, Calgary) is a country/western music singer/songwriter raised in Cochrane, Alberta, the son of cattle ranchers Bert and Gert Fox. His debut single “Angelina” reached #8 on Canadian country music charts. In subsequent years, "Goldmine", “No Trespassing”, “Mustang Heart”, “I Give You My Word”, “What's Holding Me” and “Breakfast Alone” would also become top 10 singles and signature songs. Awards <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/George+Fox">Read more on Last.fm</a
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A short history of<i>SHELX</i>
· 2007 · cited 79,666x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 47,804x
- Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>
· 2015 · cited 40,114x
- <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination
· 2015 · cited 26,992x
- A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity
· 1961 · cited 23,021x
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Quotes
- “Be patterns, be examples in all countries, places, islands, nations wherever you come; that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of people, and to them; then you will come to walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone; whereby in them you may be a blessing, and make the witness of God in them to bless you.”
- “There are too many talkers, and few walkers in Christ.”
- “The Lord showed me, so that I did see clearly, that he did not dwell in these temples which men had commanded and set up, but in people's hearts … his people were his temple, and he dwelt in them.”
- “I told the Commonwealth Commissioners I lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars... I told them I was come into the covenant of peace which was before wars and strife were.”
- “Why should any man have power over any other man's faith, seeing Christ Himself is the author of it?”
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Key facts
- Church
- Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
- Born
- July 1624, Drayton-in-the-Clay , Leicestershire , England
- Died
- 13 January 1691 (aged 66), White Hart Court, Gracechurch Street , City of London , England
- Buried
- Quaker Gardens, Islington
- Denomination
- Church of England ( Puritan ) 1624-1648, Seeker 1648-9, Quaker 1649-1691
- Parents
- Christopher Fox (father), Mary Lago (mother)
- Spouse
- Margaret Fell (née Askew)
- Occupation
- Itinerant preacher , founder and principal early leader of the Quakers
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- date of death
- 1691-01-13
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Works in European collections
8 objects attributed to George Fox, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Een korte Send-Brief, aan de Vrienden der Waarheyd : Behelzende een Vermaninge om in háre vreedzame Woningen ... te blyven
Eine Schrifft Ausgesandt in die Welt, von denen die verächtlich Quakers genant sindt : Welche erkläret die Gründe und Ursachen, warumb sie verleugnen die Lehrer der Welt, (welche sich selbst bekennen Diener zu seyn) und von ihnen unterschieden
Vires pontificiorum fractae, videlicet principia et doctrina ... examinata et confutata
A journal or historical account of the life, travels, sufferings, Christian experiences and labour of love in the work of the ministry of that ancient, eminent and faithful servant of Jesus Christ, George Fox ... : in Two Volumes, 2
Een Landbrief aan alle Volkeren op den Aerde
A memoir of the life, travels and gospel labours of George Fox, an eminent minister of the society of Friends
A journal or historical account of the life, travels, sufferings, Christian experiences and labour of love in the work of the ministry of that ancient, eminent and faithful servant of Jesus Christ, George Fox ... : in Two Volumes, 1
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George Fox (July 1624 O.S. (July–August 1624 N.S.) – 13 January 1691 O.S. (23 January 1692 N.S.)) was a Christian mystic and an English Dissenter, who was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends. The son of a Leicestershire weaver, he lived in times of social upheaval and war. He rebelled against the religious and political authorities by proposing an unusual, uncompromising approach to the Christian faith. He travelled throughout Britain as a dissenting preacher, performed hundreds of healings, and was often persecuted by the disapproving authorities.
In 1669, he married Margaret Fell, widow of a wealthy supporter, Thomas Fell; she was a leading Friend. His ministry expanded and he made tours of North America and the Low Countries. He was arrested and jailed numerous times for his beliefs. He spent his final decade working in London to organise the expanding Quaker movement. Despite disdain from some Anglicans and Puritans, he was viewed with respect by the Quaker convert William Penn and the Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell.