List of Quakers

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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.

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  • John Hunn, (1849-1926) A Governor of Delaware.[43]
  • Alfred Hunt (1817-1888), American industrialist [44]
  • John Hunt (1712-1778), minister from London, England; one of the "Virginia Exiles" [45]
  • John Hunt (1740-1824), minister and journalist from Moorestown, New Jersey [46]

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[edit] 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.

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  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. ^ Birmingham UK
  8. ^ Birmingham UK
  9. ^ Political Graveyard
  10. ^ [Monastier, Hélène [1947]. Un Quaker d'aujourd'hui: Pierre Ceresole, 43 p.]
  11. ^ 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..."
  12. ^ University of North Carolina
  13. ^ Political Graveyard
  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. ^ Cogges Hall Museum
  27. ^ Sue Dough.org
  28. ^ Bowdoin.edu
  29. ^ Mayflower Families
  30. ^ "Astrophysics and Mysticism: the life of Arthur Stanley Eddington" by Ian H Hutchinson of MIT
  31. ^ BBC Profile
  32. ^ Interview with Fritz Eichenberg
  33. ^ Friends Journal
  34. ^ Welsh Biography Online
  35. ^ 1911 Encyclopedia
  36. ^ Joshua Evans Papers at Swarthmore
  37. ^ Political Graveyard
  38. ^ Spartacus Schoolnet
  39. ^ Webster University
  40. ^ Memoirs of Joseph John Gurney
  41. ^ Political Graveyard
  42. ^ Political Graveyard
  43. ^ National Governors Association
  44. ^ Bethlehem Globe-Times (March 28, 1888), "Alfred Hunt, the well known president of the Bethlehem Iron Company dead."
  45. ^ Gummere, Amelia Mott (1922), The journal and essays of John Woolman, New York: The Macmillan Company, p. 511
  46. ^ Hynes, Judy (1997), The descendants of John and Elizabeth (Woolman) Borton, Mount Holly, New Jersey: John Woolman Memorial Association
  47. ^ Rufus Jones, Master Quaker By David Hinshaw
  48. ^ Friends United Meeting
  49. ^ Spirituality Today
  50. ^ The Scotsman's "Living" section
  51. ^ Dictionary of Canadian biography
  52. ^ Spartacus schoolnet
  53. ^ Penn State bio
  54. ^ 20th c. women in Physics site at UCLA
  55. ^ Raph Levien homepage.
  56. ^ Canadians for equal marriage
  57. ^ John Macmurray foundation
  58. ^ The Dolley Madison Project
  59. ^ Department of Health profile on Madlala-Routledge
  60. ^ BALLBUSTER? True Confessions of a Marxist Businessman
  61. ^ CNN
  62. ^ Medal of Freedom Profile
  63. ^ Smithsonian
  64. ^ Harvard's Libraries and the Quaker Jesus
  65. ^ Quakers.org
  66. ^ The Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine
  67. ^ Sally Nicholls, An interview..., retrieved 2008-02-28.
  68. ^ Columbia University on a book he wrote
  69. ^ Nixon Library Foundation
  70. ^ Nobel Biography
  71. ^ University of Toronto Libray
  72. ^ Biography Index Number 101020970
  73. ^ Augsburg College
  74. ^ Alice Paul Institute
  75. ^ Darlington, Quaker Photograph Albums
  76. ^ Spartacus Schoolnet
  77. ^ U of Penn copy of a Quaker work he wrote
  78. ^ University of Tasmania Profile
  79. ^ Coming Home:an introduction to the Quakers
  80. ^ Swiss Quakers site
  81. ^ University of Bradford Library: The Elizabeth and Arthur Raistrick Collection
  82. ^ Rolling Stone bio
  83. ^ McTutor
  84. ^ Quakers, Jews, and Science
  85. ^ Quakers and Quakerism in Scotland: a bibliography
  86. ^ A Quaker Business Man: The Life of Joseph Rowntree 1836-1925 By Anne Vernon
  87. ^ Bayard Rustin Film Project
  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 [Trineer] 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. ^ 1911 Encyclopedia
  104. ^ Armstrong's autobiography
  105. ^ UPenn.edu
  106. ^ Cornell Sun
  107. ^ Jewish history.com
  108. ^ Galton.org
  109. ^ BYU article
  110. ^ Georgia Encyclopedia
  111. ^ Washington Post
  112. ^ Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
  113. ^ LyndonLaRouche
  114. ^ GuideToRecords-body.ind
  115. ^ The Seven Storey Mountain
  116. ^ Harvard Square Library
  117. ^ Thomas Paine Society
  118. ^ Catholic Authors
  119. ^ Ned Rorem's 1998 statements concerning his piece for organ "Quaker Reader".
  120. ^ Tribune India
  121. ^ Time Magazine: The Tiegs family went to Quaker meetings on Sundays.
  122. ^ Mormon Historical Studies 3 (1): 73-90.


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