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William Penn
William Penn is an English writer and religious thinker with the Association of Religious Friends, and the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, a British North American colony. He was an early advocate of democracy and religious freedom, noted for his good relations and effective treaties with Native Americans in Lenape. Under his leadership, the city of Philadelphia was planned and developed. Philadelphia is designed as a grid with streets and very easy to navigate, unlike London, where Penn is from. Streets are named with numbers and names of trees. He chose to use the names of the trees for the roads that intersect it because Pennsylvania means "Penn's Forest." In 1681, King Charles II ceded much of his North American lands along the North Atlantic coast to Penn to pay debts owed to Penn's father, Admiral and politician Sir William Penn. This land included present-day Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Born14 October 1644, London, England
DiedJuly 30, 1718, Ruscombe, Berkshire, England, Great Britain
Alma materChigwell School, Christ Church, Oxford
OccupationNobleman, writer, colonial proprietor of Pennsylvania
Spouse(s)Gulielma Maria Springett, Hannah Margaret Callowhill
Children8, including William Jr, John, Thomas, and Richard
Parent(s)Admiral Sir William Penn, Margaret Jasper

About William Penn

William Penn
William Penn

Politician William Penn was born on October 14, 1644 in London, England (He dies at the age of 73, on July 30, 1718).

Quaker leader whose strong convictions in democracy and religious liberty led to the founding of Pennsylvania. He was directly involved in the planning and development of Philadelphia.

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William Penn before becoming famous

William Penn was born in the Zodiac sign Libra (The Scales), and 1644 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Monkey (猴).

He lost all of his hair as a child owing to a case of pox.

Achievement of William Penn

After writing a pamphlet challenging the Catholic Church, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1668.

William Penn's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

From 1660 to 1670, his father, Sir Politician William Penn, was a member of the House of Commons.

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For his studies, he read a lot of Playwright William Shakespeare.

William Penn Income & Net worth

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Latest information about William Penn updated on March 15 2023.