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Roger Williams

1603 - 1684

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Roger Williams (c. 1603 – March 1683) was an English-born New England Puritan minister, theologian, and author who founded Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and later the State of Rhode Island. He was a staunch advocate for religious freedom, separation of church and state, and fair dealings with the Native Americans. Williams was expelled by the Puritan leaders from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and he established Providence Plantations in 1636 as a refuge offering what he termed "liberty of conscience". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Williams has received more than 1,796,164 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Roger Williams is the 11,154th most popular politician (down from 9,869th in 2019), the 2,470th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,225th in 2019) and the 380th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Roger Williams ranks 11,154 out of 15,577. Before him are Bagyidaw, Helena of Denmark, Juan Almonte, Petrobey Mavromichalis, Roberto María Ortiz, and Fidel Ramos. After him are Boso the Elder, Goodluck Jonathan, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse, David IX of Georgia, Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Carl Schurz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1603, Roger Williams ranks 13. Before him are Michel Le Tellier, Yerofey Khabarov, Francesco Furini, Marco Uccellini, Fasilides, and Johannes Cocceius. After him are Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Gysbert Japiks. Among people deceased in 1684, Roger Williams ranks 15. Before him are Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, Antoine Gombaud, Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony, Johann Rosenmüller, Maria d'Este, and Alvise Contarini. After him is William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roger Williams ranks 2,470 out of 7,765. Before him are Alexander Neckam (1157), Christopher Hill (1912), Edwin of Northumbria (586), Richard Johnson (1927), Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1901), and Graham McTavish (1961). After him are Peter Gethin (1940), William Hope Hodgson (1877), Eleanor Hibbert (1906), Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925), John Soane (1753), and Mary McAleese (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Roger Williams ranks 380. Before him are Margaret Bondfield (1873), Catherine Carey (1523), Thomas Wyatt the Younger (1521), Henry of Scotland (1115), Henry Ireton (1611), and Edwin of Northumbria (586). After him are Mary McAleese (1951), Banastre Tarleton (1754), Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735), Henry Pottinger (1789), Sigeberht of Wessex (750), and Ken Livingstone (1945).

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