From around 1660 to his death in 1723, George Whitehead was a leader in the struggle for toleration, the development of the Quaker organisation, and the adaptation of Quaker theology to the needs of the time.
Rosemary Moore, Ph.D. (1993) University of Birmingham. Honorary staff member, Centre for Research in Quaker Studies. Author of The Light in Their Consciences: Early Quakers in Britain 1646-1666 (Penn State University Press, 2000, revised edn 2020) and other publications on early Quakerism.
