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George Fox
1624–1691
A restless seeker who challenged the religious habits of his age, he helped spark the movement that became the Quakers. His writing carries the energy of a man convinced that spiritual truth could be found directly, inwardly, and lived out boldly.
4 Audiobooks
Gleanings from the Works of George Fox
by George Fox, Dorothy M. (Dorothy Miller) Richardson
George Fox: An Autobiography
by George Fox
About the author
Born in Leicestershire in 1624, George Fox became one of the founders of the Religious Society of Friends, later known as the Quakers. As a young man he was deeply dissatisfied with the religious life around him and set out in search of a more immediate, genuine experience of God.
Fox began preaching in the 1640s, teaching that people could respond to the divine directly rather than relying only on clergy, ritual, or formal creeds. That message drew followers across England and beyond, and it also brought fierce opposition: he was imprisoned more than once for his beliefs and public witness.
His Journal remains his best-known work, recording travels, hardships, spiritual struggles, and the growth of the early Quaker movement. Centuries later, he is still remembered as a powerful preacher, organizer, and religious reformer whose influence shaped one of the best-known Christian dissenting traditions in the English-speaking world.