William (1644–1718), English Quaker, founder of Pennsylvania. Having been imprisoned in 1668 for his Quaker writings, he was granted a charter to land in North America by Charles II. He founded the colony of Pennsylvania as a sanctuary for Quakers and other Nonconformists in 1682 佩恩,威廉(1644—1718,英國基督教貴格會教徒,賓夕法尼亞殖民地創(chuàng)建人,1668年由于所寫的貴格會著作而被監(jiān)禁,此后被查爾斯二世授予特許狀而去了北美,1682年建立了賓夕法尼亞殖民地,以作為貴格會教徒和其他不信奉英國國教的基督教新教徒的避難所)