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Revision as of 15:46, 23 September 2009

This is a list of notable people associated with the Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers.

The first part consists of individuals who are known to be or to have been Quakers continually from some point in their lives onward.

The second part consists of individuals whose parents were Quakers or who were Quakers themselves at one time in their lives but then converted to another religion, formally or informally distanced themselves from the Society of Friends, or were disowned by their Friends Meeting.

Quakers

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  • John Hunn, (1849-1926) A Governor of Delaware.[41]
  • Alfred Hunt (1817-1888), American industrialist [42]
  • John Hunt (1712-1778), minister from London, England; one of the "Virginia Exiles" [43]
  • John Hunt (1740-1824), minister and journalist from Moorestown, New Jersey [44]

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People with Quaker roots

Individuals whose parents were Quakers or who were Quakers themselves at one time in their lives but then converted to another religion, formally or informally distanced themselves from the Society of Friends, or were disowned by their Friends Meeting.

Web sources

  1. ^ Stoke Newington Quakers
  2. ^ Edgar Anderson: A Biographical Memoir
  3. ^ Kentucky Community and Technical College System
  4. ^ University of North Carolina Press
  5. ^ New York Times: June 10, 1894
  6. ^ Tokyo Quaker site
  7. ^ a b Birmingham UK
  8. ^ a b c d e Political Graveyard
  9. ^ [Monastier, Hélène [1947]. Un Quaker d'aujourd'hui: Pierre Ceresole, 43 p.]
  10. ^ Cantor, Norman F. (1993) "Inventing the Middle Ages", p. 219, HarperCollins, ISBN 0-688-12302-3: "[1949] was also a moment in "Time"'s history when a senior editor was Whittaker Chambers, the former Soviet spy and eventual nemesis of Alger Hiss. Now a devout Quaker, Chambers was keen on importing British conservative Christianity to American shores..."
  11. ^ Quaker Life (February 1978, p. 34)
  12. ^ University of North Carolina
  13. ^ University of Bradford obituary
  14. ^ John Rylands University Library
  15. ^ The Darby Dynasty
  16. ^ The Darby Dynasty page 2
  17. ^ Ibid
  18. ^ James Dean's religious affiliation
  19. ^ The Guardian
  20. ^ Carter, Harvey Lewis. The Life and Times of Little Turtle ISBN 0-252-01318-2 pg 100-292
  21. ^ Delaware.gov profile
  22. ^ The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
  23. ^ Find-A-Grave
  24. ^ Delmarva Settlers site
  25. ^ Darwin Online
  26. ^ Moske, Jim (September 2000). "Stephen Donaldson Papers, 1965-1996" (PDF). The New York Public Library Humanities and Social Sciences Library Manuscripts and Archives Division: 4–5. Retrieved 2008-03-15. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  27. ^ Cogges Hall Museum
  28. ^ Sue Dough.org
  29. ^ Bowdoin.edu
  30. ^ Mayflower Families
  31. ^ "Astrophysics and Mysticism: the life of Arthur Stanley Eddington" by Ian H Hutchinson of MIT
  32. ^ BBC Profile
  33. ^ Interview with Fritz Eichenberg
  34. ^ Friends Journal
  35. ^ Welsh Biography Online
  36. ^ 1911 Encyclopedia
  37. ^ Joshua Evans Papers at Swarthmore
  38. ^ Spartacus Schoolnet
  39. ^ Webster University
  40. ^ Memoirs of Joseph John Gurney
  41. ^ National Governors Association
  42. ^ Bethlehem Globe-Times (March 28, 1888), "Alfred Hunt, the well known president of the Bethlehem Iron Company dead."
  43. ^ Gummere, Amelia Mott (1922), The journal and essays of John Woolman, New York: The Macmillan Company, p. 511
  44. ^ Hynes, Judy (1997), The descendants of John and Elizabeth (Woolman) Borton, Mount Holly, New Jersey: John Woolman Memorial Association
  45. ^ Rufus Jones, Master Quaker By David Hinshaw
  46. ^ Friends United Meeting
  47. ^ Spirituality Today
  48. ^ The Scotsman's "Living" section
  49. ^ Dictionary of Canadian biography
  50. ^ Spartacus schoolnet
  51. ^ Penn State bio
  52. ^ 20th c. women in Physics site at UCLA
  53. ^ Raph Levien homepage.
  54. ^ Canadians for equal marriage
  55. ^ John Macmurray foundation
  56. ^ The Dolley Madison Project
  57. ^ Department of Health profile on Madlala-Routledge
  58. ^ BALLBUSTER? True Confessions of a Marxist Businessman
  59. ^ CNN
  60. ^ Medal of Freedom Profile
  61. ^ Smithsonian
  62. ^ Harvard's Libraries and the Quaker Jesus
  63. ^ Quakers.org
  64. ^ The Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine
  65. ^ [1]
  66. ^ Sally Nicholls, An interview..., retrieved 2008-02-28.
  67. ^ Columbia University on a book he wrote
  68. ^ Nixon Library Foundation
  69. ^ Nobel Biography
  70. ^ University of Toronto Libray
  71. ^ Biography Index Number 101020970
  72. ^ Augsburg College
  73. ^ Alice Paul Institute
  74. ^ Darlington, Quaker Photograph Albums
  75. ^ Spartacus Schoolnet
  76. ^ U of Penn copy of a Quaker work he wrote
  77. ^ University of Tasmania Profile
  78. ^ Coming Home:an introduction to the Quakers
  79. ^ Swiss Quakers site
  80. ^ University of Bradford Library: The Elizabeth and Arthur Raistrick Collection
  81. ^ Rolling Stone bio
  82. ^ McTutor
  83. ^ Quakers, Jews, and Science
  84. ^ Quakers and Quakerism in Scotland: a bibliography
  85. ^ A Quaker Business Man: The Life of Joseph Rowntree 1836-1925 By Anne Vernon
  86. ^ Bayard Rustin Film Project
  87. ^ "Introducing QCEA's New Representatives". Around Europe No. 245. QCEA. 2008-09. Retrieved 2008-11-06. Liz Scurfield: [..] In 1993 I began attending Quaker Meeting in London and became a member of Hampstead MM in 1995. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  88. ^ Nobel Autobiography
  89. ^ H.S. Taylor: The WP article gives no indication of his parents' religious persuasion.
  90. ^ Cornell News
  91. ^ Howard, George Washington (1873)."The Monumental City, Its Past History and Present Resources". J.D. Ehlers
  92. ^ Bio
  93. ^ Trek Today: "It's a whole conversation itself to describe what that is and what that means to me. I describe growing up Quaker, and people are like, 'Dude, why can't I be a Quaker?'" He [Trinneer] said that he finds the religion very liberating in that there is no minister or senior authority at a meeting.
  94. ^ New York Times obituary
  95. ^ Victorian Lunatics by Marlene Ann Arieno
  96. ^ Profile at Irish famine site
  97. ^ Quaker Tracts at USC
  98. ^ A Critical Dictionary of English Literature, and British and American By Samuel Austin Allibone (pg 2470)
  99. ^ BBC biography
  100. ^ University of York
  101. ^ PBS
  102. ^ The New York Times, November 24, 1906: "Mr. White attained prominence in National public life when in 1871 to 1878 he was United States Superintendent of Indian Affairs, having charge of seven tribes and six agencies."
  103. ^ About Whitman's Candies - Our History
  104. ^ Davis, William Watts Hart (1905). History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The Lewis Pub. Co. p. 83. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  105. ^ 1911 Encyclopedia
  106. ^ Armstrong's autobiography
  107. ^ UPenn.edu
  108. ^ Cornell Sun
  109. ^ Jewish history.com
  110. ^ Galton.org
  111. ^ BYU article
  112. ^ Georgia Encyclopedia
  113. ^ Washington Post
  114. ^ Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
  115. ^ LyndonLaRouche
  116. ^ GuideToRecords-body.ind
  117. ^ The Seven Storey Mountain
  118. ^ Harvard Square Library
  119. ^ Thomas Paine Society
  120. ^ Catholic Authors
  121. ^ Ned Rorem's 1998 statements concerning his piece for organ "Quaker Reader".
  122. ^ Tribune India
  123. ^ Time Magazine: The Tiegs family went to Quaker meetings on Sundays.
  124. ^ Mormon Historical Studies 3 (1): 73-90.

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