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Roger Williams (c. 1603 – March 1683) was an English-born New England Puritan minister, theologian, and author of Welsh ancestry who founded Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and later the State of Rhode Island.
Oct 29, 2009 · The political and religious leader Roger Williams (c. 1603?-1683) is best known for founding the state of Rhode Island and advocating separation of church and state in Colonial America. He is...
Aug 25, 2015 · Roger Williams was a political and religious leader best remembered for his strong stance on the separation of church and state and founding the colony of Rhode Island.
Roger Williams (born Louis Jacob Weertz; October 1, 1924 – October 8, 2011) was an American popular music pianist.
Apr 16, 2024 · Roger Williams was an English colonist in New England, founder of the colony of Rhode Island and pioneer of religious liberty. The son of a merchant tailor, he was a protégé of the jurist Sir Edward Coke and was educated at Cambridge.
RWU is a comprehensive university providing over 45 majors and 70-plus minors spanning liberal arts and professional programs, with campuses on the coast of Bristol and in the state capital of Providence, Rhode Island.
Williams, who had developed a reputation for scholarship and piety as a clergyman in England, brought his family to the colony a few months later. Winthrop hailed him as “a godly minister,” and...
