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Barclay, Robert

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Barclay, Robert (1648–1690)

Scottish theologian and prominent member of the Society of Friends (or ‘Quakers’). Barclay travelled to America with William Penn and George Fox in 1681, being named nominal governor of the Quaker settlement of East New Jersey by King James II. His Apology for the True Christian Divinity (Latin 1676, English 1678) is a standard work of Quaker doctrine.

Barclay was born in Gordonstown, Morayshire, and educated at the Scots College, Paris. Joining the Society of Friends in 1666, he became a powerful advocate of Quaker values and suffered persecution.



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