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George Whitefield (1714–1770)
Whitefield, George. A famous English Methodist preacher; born at Gloucester, Dec. 27, 1714; died at Newburyport, MA, Sept. 30, 1770. One of the founders of Methodism, he was one of the greatest sacred orators the Anglo-Saxon race has produced, speaking often three and once seven times a day to immense multitudes, and causing many conversions. He visited America seven times.