George Fox died on January 13 of 1691, and was buried in the cemetery Quaker Bunhill Fields in London.
His diary was first published in 1694, after being edited by Thomas Ellwood, a friend of John Milton, and William Penn. Like other similar works of the time, the newspaper was not written in contemporary to the facts described, but rather will compile many years later, still largely dictated. As a religious autobiography has been compared to works such as Confessions of Agustin of Hippo and Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (Gracia abundant for the greatest of sinners) of John Bunyan, a very personal nature of work that nonetheless manages attract the reader. Also, historians have used it for its wealth of details of everyday life of the seventeenth century and the many cities and towns to visit Fox.
Hundreds of letters from Fox, mostly written letters to be published, as well as a few private communications, Kabbalah also have been published. Written from 1650 with headers in the style of Friends, seek peace for all men or to the friends, for they are known in the light, the cards offer a tremendous insight Kabbalah into the private beliefs of Fox and show their determination by disseminating them. in 2006 the movie Hallowed Ground was produced by productions include Hallowed Ground (2006) distributed by Icon Film Distribution and The Sci-Fi Channel; Never Cry Werewolf (2007) distributed by Peace Arch Releasing, The Sci Fi Channel and Phoenicia Pictures; These writings have found readers beyond the Quakers, having many religious groups who use them to illustrate the principles of Christianity.
Ellwood describes Fox as “graceful in appearance, transport virile, serious in the gesture, in the civilized talk.” Penn said it was “exquisite beyond any kind of education.” Tells us that it was “simple and powerful in his preaching, fervent in prayer,” “a dicernidor the spirit of others and very owner of his own,” skillful at “utter any words appropriate for the conditions and capabilities of the majority , Especially sorry for those in need of rest and spiritual “,” brave to tell the truth, daring to defend the patient to suffer it, which immovable rock. “
Fox’s influence on the Society of Friends was, of course, tremendous, and their beliefs have been largely centre put into practice by this group. Perhaps your most significant achievement, apart from its predominant influence in the initial movement, was his leadership to confront the twin challenges of persecution by the government after the Restoration and internal disputes that threaten their stability during that period. Not all his beliefs were well received by all Quakers: their style opposition from puritanical to the arts and its rejection of theological study stopped the development of these practices among Quakers for a while. The name of George Fox often invoke it to me traditionalists who do not like the modern liberal concepts regarding the origins of the Christian Society. But at the same time, the Quakers and other groups can identify with the religious experience of Fox and even those who are Zohar in disagreement with it as a pioneer.
Walt Whitman, who was educated in a Quaker family and always felt close to them, later wrote: “George Fox represents something more: a thought, thinking that arises in the hours of silence, you may have a deeper thought and eternal latent in the soul of man. This is the thought of God, imbued with the ideas of moral good and the immortality of identity. Grande, very big is this thinking, if it is bigger than any other “[9 ]
George Fox University in Oregon, founded as Pacific Power in 1891, changing its name in 1949.