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Abraham Shackleton
Abraham Shackelton (1696–1771) was a Quakers, Quaker schoolmaster. Born in West Yorkshire, he settled and established a school in Ballitore, County Kildare, Ireland. His private boarding school, open to people of any faith, educated boys from France, England, and other foreign countries. He taught Edmund Burke, who became a statesman and philosopher, and Paul Cullen (cardinal), Paul Cullen, later the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin. Personal life Abraham Shackelton was born at Shackleton House, at Harden, near Bingley, West Yorkshire in England on 27 October 1696. He was the sixth and final child born to Sarah Briggs (1658–1703) of Keighley and Richard Shackleton (1643–1705). Both of his parents were Quakers (Society of Friends) His father was imprisoned at York Castle for three years because he had not attended church (likely before the Toleration Act 1688). In 1696, Shackleton House became a Quaker meetinghouse. Shackleton came from a family of yeoman farmers. Both of his pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quakers
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestantism, Protestant Christian set of Christian denomination, denominations. Members refer to each other as Friends after in the Bible, and originally, others referred to them as Quakers because the founder of the movement, George Fox, told a judge to "quake before the authority of God". The Friends are generally united by a belief in each human's ability to be guided by the inward light to "make the witness of God" known to everyone. Quakers have traditionally professed a priesthood of all believers inspired by the First Epistle of Peter. They include those with Evangelical Friends Church International, evangelical, Holiness movement, holiness, liberal, and Conservative Friends, traditional Quaker understandings of Christianity, as well as Nontheist Quakers. To differing extents, the Friends avoid creeds and hierarchical structures. In 2017, there were an estimated 377,557 adult Quakers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
