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Edmund Calamy the Elder
1666Oct, 29

Edmund Calamy the Elder

Edmund Calamy the Elder, English minister and activist (b. 1600)
Edmund Calamy (February 1600 – 29 October 1666) was an English Presbyterian church leader and divine. Known as "the elder", he was the first of four generations of nonconformist ministers bearing the same name.

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