Penn
/pen/- Penn, William (1644-1718), English Quaker, founder of Pennsylvania. Having been imprisoned in 1668 for his Quaker writings, he was granted a charter to land in North America by Charles Ⅱ. He founded the colony of Pennsylvania as a sanctuary for Quakers and other Nonconformists in 1682.佩恩, 威廉（1644-1718, 英国基督教贵格会教徒, 宾夕法尼亚殖民地创建人, 1668年由于所写的贵格会著作而被监禁, 此后被查尔斯二世授予北美土地特许状, 1682年建立了宾夕法尼亚殖民地, 以作为贵格会教徒和其他不信奉英国国教的基督教新教徒的避难所）。