Roger Williams

(1604 c.-1683)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683 DNB: Williams, Roger (c.1606–1683), religious controversialist and founder of Providence, Rhode Island LBT ID: RoWilli1683 VIAF ID: 41882851 LOC ID: n50018982	B/BAP: 1604 DIED: 1683
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Born in London, he was an advocate for religious toleration and founder of Providence, Rhode Island.
REFERENCES TO Roger Williams: Robert Southey to Bernard Barton, 19 December 1814 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 5 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XIX. 1814-1815