Williams,Roger

Williams,Roger
Williams, Roger. 1603?-1683.
English cleric in America. After being expelled from Massachusetts for his criticism of Puritanism, he founded Providence (1636), a community based on religious freedom and democratic ideals, and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663.

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  • Williams, Roger — (c. 1603 1683)    Puritan champion of freedom of religion    Roger Williams was born in London around 1603. His father, James Williams, was a well to do tailor. Williams studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge University, where he received a… …   Encyclopedia of Protestantism

  • Williams, Roger — born 1603?, London, Eng. died Jan. 27/March 15, 1683, Providence, R.I. English clergyman, colonist, and founder of Rhode Island. He arrived in Boston in 1631 and became pastor of the separatist Plymouth colony (1632–33). Banned from the… …   Universalium

  • Williams, Roger — ► (1603 83) Colonizador y ministro protestante inglés. Fundó el establecimiento de Providence en la bahía de Narragansett (1636), núcleo de la futura colonia de Rhode Island. * * * (¿1603?, Londres, Inglaterra–27 ene./15 mar. 1683, Providence,… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • WILLIAMS, ROGER —    founder of the State of Rhode Island, U.S., born in Wales; being a Puritan, fled the country to escape persecution, and settled in New England, where he hoped to enjoy the religious freedom he was denied at home, but was received with… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Williams, Roger —    см. Уильямс, Роджер …   Писатели США. Краткие творческие биографии

  • Roger Williams — Statue in Boston / USA Roger Williams (* April 1603 in London; † März 1683 in Providence, Rhode Island, heute USA) gilt als Vater des amerikanischen Baptismus und Vorkämpfer der Religionsfreiheit sowie als früher …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Roger Williams — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Roger Williams Estatua de Roger Williams …   Wikipedia Español

  • Williams — Williams, Alberto Williams, Betty Williams, Eric Eustace Williams, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Roger Williams, Tennessee Williams, William Carlos * * * (as used in expressions) …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • WILLIAMS (R.) — WILLIAMS ROGER (1604 env. 1683) Fondateur de la colonie de Providence, aux confins de la Nouvelle Angleterre, et avocat énergique de la liberté de conscience. Né en Angleterre, Roger Williams fit des études à Cambridge et se fit très tôt une idée …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Roger Tsien — Roger Tsien …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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