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A Elisabeth Abegg (1882–1974), German educator who rescued Jews during the Holocaust Damon Albarn (b. 1968), English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer Harry Albright (living), Swiss-born Canadian former editor of The Friend, Communications Consultant for FWCC Thomas Aldham (c. 1616–1660), English Quaker instrumental in setting up the first meeting in the Doncaster area Horace ...
All Quaker schools and yearly meetings in Kenya are affiliated with Friends United Meeting. Note that the Friends World Committee for Consultation [7] counts, but does not name, many more Kenyan Friends schools than are listed here, Chavakali High School, Kenya; Friends' Primary School, Mudete, Kenya; Friends' School, Kamusinga, Kenya
A. John Till Adams; Damon Albarn; Thomas Aldham; Dykes Alexander (senior) Dykes Alexander (junior) Horace Alexander; Richard Dykes Alexander; Samuel Alexander (banker)
Quaker slave owners (13 P) Quaker socialists (16 P) T. Quaker theologians (34 P) U. Quaker universalists (6 P) W. Quaker writers (1 C, 96 P) Pages in category "Quakers"
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Thus the name Quaker began as a way of ridiculing Fox's admonition, but became widely accepted and used by some Quakers. [33] Quakers also described themselves using terms such as true Christianity, Saints, Children of the Light, and Friends of the Truth, reflecting terms used in the New Testament by members of the early Christian church.
The Progressive Friends, a radical Quaker group which supported women's empowerment, were formed shortly before the Seneca Falls Convention. [10] The landmark 1848 Seneca Falls Declaration was in large part the work of Quaker women, and has numerous Quaker signatories, well out of proportion to the number of Quakers in American society at large.
The second group of Quaker missionaries to leave England for New England sailed on the small ship Speedwell. Robert Locke was the master, and the passenger list, dated at Gravesend on 30 May 1656, included 40 names. The names of eight passengers were marked with a 'Q', indicating that they were Quakers and signifying that officials in England ...