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Roger Williams: Quick Facts

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Born 1603? • London • England
Died January 27, 1683 or March 15, 1683 • Providence • Rhode Island
Founder Rhode Island
Awards And Honors Hall of Fame (1920)

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Engraving of Roger Williams seated at a desk, holding an open book and a quill, with papers and writing materials in front of him.
American religious leader Anne Hutchinson
First Baptist Church in America
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John Davenport
Puritan clergyman
John Smith
John Smith
British explorer
Engraved portrait of William Penn wearing a dark coat, white cravat, and wide-brimmed hat, with shoulder-length curly hair.
William Penn
English religious leader
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Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Baltimore
British statesman
Full-length portrait of King George III in a red military uniform and black bicorne hat, standing outdoors with a distant building and cloudy sky in the background.
George III
king of Great Britain
William Pitt, the Elder
William Pitt, the Elder
prime minister of United Kingdom
Engraving by J. Pofselwhite of Walter Raleigh wearing an ornate, patterned doublet, ruffled collar, and feathered hat, with one hand on his hip.
Sir Walter Raleigh
English explorer
Lord North
Frederick North, Lord North
prime minister of United Kingdom
Humphrey Gilbert
Humphrey Gilbert
British explorer
Thomas Hooker
Thomas Hooker
British American colonial clergyman
Bradford, William
William Bradford
Plymouth colony governor
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Sir William Berkeley
British colonial official
Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson
American religious leader
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Leonard Calvert
British colonial governor
Charles Townshend
Charles Townshend
British statesman
2nd marquess of Rockingham
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd marquess of Rockingham
prime minister of Great Britain
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William Coddington
colonial governor of Rhode Island
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Bartholomew Gosnold
English explorer
George Grenville
George Grenville
prime minister of Great Britain
Sir Edmund Andros
Sir Edmund Andros
English colonial official

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