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This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on March 30, 2005.

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OK, I've just added vast tracts of text to the first part of the article. There's still lots to cover - the entire 1660-1690 period is currently summed up in a single paragraph. Beyond his early life, the journal isn't very clear about how his religious opinions came to develop; while it's possible to say that such-and-such was the first known example of his refusal to swear oaths, that's not quite enough. Obviously there are plenty of episodes from the journal that could be recounted, but I'd like to aim for a high-level summary rather than a blow-by-blow account of where he preached when. --AlexG 18:35, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Second half is now fleshed out a bit more. --AlexG 01:26, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Damn. Nice work. Wow, I learned a lot! Quadell (talk) 03:15, Sep 11, 2004 (UTC)

Dear--AlexG, thnks for the tips, I've corrected the links to English Dissenters, I've believed that English Dissenters are a specific historical theme from the XVII and XVIII centuries, distict of the general religious dissenters.

Restored page after it had been "amended" by some vandal - presumably some pimply jerk with too much time on his hands and no brains...

Nice work[edit]

Thanks to those responsible; I enjoyed reading this! — Matt Crypto 00:01, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

WikiProject notice[edit]

Hello, if anyone is interested, I just started a Quaker WikiProject, which can be found at WP:WQ or Wikipedia:WikiProject Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Zach 00:31, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

New information added for George Fox and his revelation[edit]

For no apparent reason the information I have added has been deleted without prior discussion in the chat? 2A02:C7C:56C5:2600:95B6:55D0:31F7:9779 (talk) 22:59, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Date of death[edit]

Is the date of death correct? Fox died on the 13th day of 11th month 1690 in the old (Julian) calendar used in England at the time, which had new year's day on 25 March. This suggests Fox's date of death in the current Gregorian calendar might be 23 January 1691, due to the adjustment for the different ways the Julian and Gregorian calendars calculate leap years. Evan G (talk) 04:03, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]