Biography:
Gervase Bennet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1653 and 1659. Bennet coined the term Quakers to refer to the Religious Society of Friends. Bennet was Mayor of Derby in 1645 when there was a plague in Derby. He was also a magistrate and in 1650 with Nathaniel Barton conducted the trial of George Fox founder of the Religious Society of Friends.
Read full biography| Given Name | Gervais |
| Country Of Citizenship | United Kingdom |
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