Editing George Fox (section)

==Legacy==
Fox had a tremendous influence on the Society of Friends and his beliefs have largely been carried forward. Perhaps his most significant achievement, other than his predominant influence in the early movement, was his leadership in overcoming the twin challenges of government prosecution after the Restoration and internal disputes that threatened its stability during the same period. Not all of his beliefs were welcome to all Quakers: his Puritan-like opposition to the arts<ref>Fox in e. g. Nickalls, pp. 37–38.</ref> and rejection of [[theology|theological]] study, forestalled development of these practices among Quakers for some time. The George Fox room at [[Friends House]], London, UK is named after him.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meeting Rooms |url=https://www.friendshouse.co.uk/meeting-rooms/ |website=Friends House |access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref>

[[Walt Whitman]], who was raised by parents inspired by Quaker principles, later wrote: "George Fox stands for something too – a thought – the thought that wakes in silent hours – perhaps the deepest, most eternal thought latent in the human soul. This is the thought of God, merged in the thoughts of moral right and the immortality of identity. Great, great is this thought – aye, greater than all else."<ref>[[Walt Whitman|Whitman, Walt]] (1892). [http://www.bartleby.com/229/5022.html Essay in ''November'']. ''Prose Works''. Philadelphia: David McKay</ref>

George is [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|remembered]] in the [[Church of England]] with a [[Commemoration (Anglicanism)|commemoration]] on 13 January.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Calendar |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar |access-date=2021-03-27 |website=The Church of England}}</ref>

A building is named after him at Lancaster University, currently part of Fylde College.