Alexander Parker (21 June 1628 – 8 March 1689) was a

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preacher and author.

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article by Richard L. Greaves, "Parker, Alexander (1628–1689)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 200
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/ref> He was born on 21 June 1628 at Chipping, Lancashire,

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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'' (1657) *''A Discovery of Satans Wiles'' (1657) *''Testimony of the Appearance of God'' (1658) *''A Tryall of a Christian'' (1658) *''A Call out of Egypt'' (1659) *'' A Testimony of Truth'' (1659) *''An Epistle to Friends'' (1660) 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 George Fox (July 1624 – 13 January 1691) was an English Dissenter, who was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends. The son of a Leicestershire weaver, he lived in times of social upheaval and ...

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.'' Quaker Faith & Practice'' (1994)
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