Alexander Parker

Male, Deceased Person

1628 – 1689

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Who was Alexander Parker?

Alexander Parker was a Quaker preacher and author.

He was born on 21 June 1628 at Chipping, Lancashire, England the son of Robert Parker. He was convinced and became a Quaker preacher, travelling widely in England and Scotland.

He wrote:

A Testimony of the Light Within

A Discovery of Satans Wiles

Testimony of the Appearance of God

A Tryall of a Christian

A Call out of Egypt

A Testimony of Truth

An Epistle to Friends

Parker was one of eighty-four Quakers who founded the six-weeks' meeting for the management of Quaker affairs, in October 1671.

On 8 August 1683 he, with George Whitehead, and Gilbert Latey, presented an address to King Charles II of England at Windsor on behalf of persecuted Friends. Parker accompanied George Fox to the Netherlands in 1684.

He died in London on 8 March 1689.

One of his letters to Friends, advising them on the holding of Meetings for Worship was included in current printed guidance for British Quakers.

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Born
Jun 21, 1628
Died
Mar 8, 1689

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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