Gerrard Winstanley
English religious reformer, philosopher and activist (1609–1676) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gerrard Winstanley (baptised 19 October 1609 – 10 September 1676)[1] was an English Protestant religious reformer, political philosopher, and activist during the period of the Commonwealth of England. Winstanley was the leader and one of the founders of the English group known as the True Levellers or Diggers. The group occupied formerly common land that had been privatised by enclosures and dug them over, pulling down hedges and filling in ditches, to plant crops. "True Levellers" was the name they used to describe themselves, whereas the term "Diggers" was coined by contemporaries.
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Born | Parish of Wigan, Lancashire, England |
Baptised | 19 October 1609 |
Died | 10 September 1676(1676-09-10) (aged 66) |
Movement | True Levellers |
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Children | 3 |
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