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William Penn was born in 1644 in London.
He attended Oxford for a short time, but was later expelled for criticizing the Church of England.
His first work, "The Sandy Foundation Shaken", was quite controversial upon its release.
Not long after publishing "The Sandy Foundation Shaken", Penn was jailed for blasphemy.
One of Penn's most famous works, "No Cross, No Crown", talked about Penn's view on how to be a good Christian.
He later took a trip to Ireland, to manage some of his Father's property. It is there where Penn officially became a Quaker.
Penn eventually became a very important figure in the Quaker community, and was chosen to establish a Quaker colony in the New World. This colony would later become Pennsylvania.
Being a Quaker, when Penn arrived in America, he was very kind to the Native Americans. He treated them with much more respect than many of the other colonists.
Penn later died in 1718, at the age of 73 in Berkshire, England.