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William Penn
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Early Life and Quaker Conversion
William Penn was born in London in 1644, the son of Admiral Sir William Penn, a distinguished naval officer who had earned significant favor from the Crown [1]. Despite his father's high Anglican expectations, Penn gravitated toward radical Protestant sects while attending Christ Church, Oxford. His conversion to the Religious Society of Friends…