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George Fox was born in Fenny Drayton, Leicestershire, in 1624. Apprenticed to a Nottingham shoemaker, Fox developed strong opinions about religion. Fox rebelled against the state control of the Church of England and in 1643 began touring the country giving sermons in which he argued that consecrated buildings and ordained ministers were irrelevant to the individual seeking God. George Fox was arrested many times for his religious views. On one occasion the judge told Fox "to quake in the presence of the Lord" and afterwards members of his movement became known as Quakers.
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