Gerrard Winstanley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gerrard Winstanley

English Protestant religious reformer, political philosopher, and activist

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1609

Place of Birth: Wigan, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 10-Sep-1676

Profession: politician, English Dissenters

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Gerrard Winstanley (19 October 1609 – 10 September 1676) was an English Protestant religious reformer, political philosopher, and activist during The Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell.
Winstanley was the leader and one of the founders of the English group known as the True Levellers or Diggers for their beliefs, and for their actions.
The group occupied public lands that had been privatised by enclosures and dug them over, pulling down hedges and filling in ditches, to plant crops.
True Levellers was the name they used to describe themselves, whereas the term Diggers was coined by contemporaries.