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威廉‧賓在1644年，10月14日出生
身為土地所有權紳士的兒子，享有繼承特權，年輕的威廉‧賓，受到貴格會牧師湯瑪斯‧洛伊傳道的強烈影響。1662年，賓因為拒絕接受英國國教會的規範，被英國牛津大學除名。賓加入了貴格會。因為公開陳述並印行自己的信念，賓被關在倫敦的塔形監獄裡四次。1670年，他的父親過世，賓繼承了家族的財產，並且開始頻繁的出入宮廷，拜訪查爾斯二世，爭取宗教自由。
Born the privileged son of a land-owning gentleman, young William Penn was greatly affected by the preaching of Quaker minister Thomas Loe. Expelled from Oxford University in England in 1662 for refusing to conform to the Anglican Church, Penn joined the Quakers. He was locked up in the Tower of London four times for stating his beliefs in public and in print. After his father died in 1670, Penn inherited the family estates and began to frequent the court of King Charles II, campaigning for religious freedom.
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