William Penn ( 1644 - 1718 )

Birth: The liberty of the Tower of London, England (14 October 1644) Death: 30 July 1718 Burial: Burial-ground belonging to the meeting-house at Jordans, near Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire Education: Harsnet's Free School, Chigwell, Essex; Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1660); sent down for nonconformity (1661); Lincoln's Inn (admitted 1665) Career: Travelled in France and Italy (1661-1664) and to Ireland (1665-1667); Convinced of Quaker principles at Cork (1667); imprisoned for his beliefs in Ireland, the Tower of London, and Newgate Prison, London (three times); Proprietor and Founder of Pennsylvania, (1680); went to Pennsylvania (1682-1684, 1699-1701); outlawed (1691-1693) but continued to live in London; heavily in debt, he was compelled to mortgage his American property Membership: Fellow Election Date: 9/11/1681 Proposers: John Houghton.