Floruit ( / ˈ f l ɔːr u . ɪ t / ; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor. ; from Latin for " flourished ") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicating the time when someone flourished.
8-531: Henry Fell ( fl. 1655-1674), was an English Quaker missionary and writer who travelled to Barbados and America. In 1655 he was an itinerant preacher at a meeting in Gravesend. Fell was a member of one of the numerous Lancashire families bearing his surname and was possibly related to the Quaker Margaret Fell but not in a close way. The first mention of him is in 1656 as suffering much from
16-554: A meeting, and, after being whipped, turned out of the town, and passed as a vagabond from parish to parish to Lancashire. In a letter to Margaret Fell (Swarthmore MSS.) Fell states that he was imprisoned for some time at Thetford. He was in London during the rising of the Fifth-monarchy men in this year, and was knocked down by the soldiers as a rioter, and Fox (Journal, p. 314, ed. 1765) says he would have been killed but for
24-522: A record of his marriage in 1197, a record concerning him might be written as "John Jones (fl. 1197–1229)", even though Jones was born before 1197 and died possibly after 1229. The term is often used in art history when dating the career of an artist. In this context, it denotes the period of the individual's known artistic activity, which would generally be after they had received their training and, for example, had begun signing work or being mentioned in contracts. In some cases, it can be replaced by
32-572: The interposition of the Duke of York. In 1661 he was ‘moved,’ in company with John Stubbs , to promulgate his views in ‘foreign parts, especially to Prester John 's country and China.’ As no shipmasters would carry them, the quakers got a warrant from the king, which the East India Company found means to avoid. They then went to Holland, and, being unable to obtain shipping there, proceeded to Alexandria . The English consul banished them from
40-598: The magistrates in Essex , and in the same year he went as a missionary to the West Indies , where he remained about a year. After his return to England he was engaged as a travelling preacher, and is referred to by his contemporaries as having been eloquent and successful. In 1659 he was seriously ill-treated by some soldiers near Westminster Hall , and in 1660 Richard Hubberthorne , the quaker, represented to Charles II that at Thetford, Norfolk , Fell had been hauled out of
48-424: The noun flōs , flōris , "flower". Broadly, the term is employed in reference to the peak of activity for a person or movement. More specifically, it often is used in genealogy and historical writing when a person's birth or death dates are unknown, but some other evidence exists that indicates when they were alive. For example, if there are wills attested by John Jones in 1204 and 1229, as well as
56-617: The place as nuisances, and they were compelled to return to England. After spending some time in religious journeys, he again visited the West Indies, and a letter in the Shackleton collection states that in 1672 he was living in Barbados , that he was married, in debt, and much depressed. His wife was Lydia Erbery who was the sister of Dorcas Erbery . Dorcas had been a controversial Quaker and she too may have journeyed to Barbados. He
64-585: Was alive in 1674 and dead by 1680. He is thought to have died in America or Barbados. [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : " Fell, Henry ". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. Floruit Latin : flōruit is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of the Latin verb flōreō , flōrēre "to bloom, flower, or flourish", from
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