Penn

Penn
  1. William (1644–1718), English Quaker, founder of Pennsylvania. Having been imprisoned in 1668 for his Quaker writings, he was granted a charter to land in North America by Charles II. He founded the colony of Pennsylvania as a sanctuary for Quakers and other Nonconformists in 1682
    佩恩,威廉(1644—1718,英国基督教贵格会教徒,宾夕法尼亚殖民地创建人,1668年由于所写的贵格会著作而被监禁,此后被查尔斯二世授予特许状而去了北美,1682年建立了宾夕法尼亚殖民地,以作为贵格会教徒和其他不信奉英国国教的基督教新教徒的避难所)
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