Penn, born in London in October 1644, was known as a “religious and social reformer,” and most commonly as the founder of Pennsylvania, according to the Library of Congress.

William Penn (1644-1718) accepts a belt from Tamanend (1628-1698), chief of the Lenni-Lenape, as part of the treaty in which Penn purchased a section of land for the Pennsylvania Colony ...

William Penn (1644-1718) accepts a belt from Tamanend (1628-1698), chief of the Lenni-Lenape, as part of a treaty in which Penn purchased a section of land for the Pennsylvania colony, 1682 ...

The statue, which was erected to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Penn’s founding of the colony of Pennsylvania, will be replaced by educational offerings about the history of Native American ...

Penn was born on October 14, 1644, to Admiral William Penn Sr. and his wife, Margaret Jasper, a highly religious widow of either Dutch or Irish heritage. (It’s debated.) ...

Well, of course. As someone who lives in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the nation’s fifth-largest state, this could not be ignored. President Joe Biden’s National Park Service, part of the ...

By the end of August 1682, Penn was finally ready to cross the ocean and see his new colony for himself. On Aug. 30, he boarded the ship Welcome.

Cumulatively, William Penn spent less than four years of his life in Pennsylvania. After returning to London in 1684, he wouldn’t set foot in the New World again until 1699.