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Elias Hicks (Wikipedia)
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Wikipedia's own article on Elias Hicks, a tertiary encyclopedic source. Its strength is that it covers the well established outline of his life and ministry, his 1748 to 1830 lifespan, his emphasis on the Inner Light over scripture, his questioning of orthodox claims about the divinity of Christ, his abolitionism, and the Hicksite and Orthodox split within the Religious Society of Friends that took his name beginning in 1827. Its limit is the ordinary one for a crowd edited tertiary source: the finer theological detail of the dispute is contested among Quaker historians in ways a general encyclopedia article can only summarize.
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Tier three: a crowd sourced, not independently peer reviewed encyclopedia entry, matching this atlas's established convention for a Wikipedia citation. Reliable for the well established outline of Elias Hicks's life, ministry and the Hicksite-Orthodox split that took his name; the finer theological detail of that dispute is contested among Quaker historians in ways a general encyclopedia entry can only summarize. NotesTertiary encyclopedic overview, tier 3: lifespan, theology and the 1827 Hicksite/Orthodox split.
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PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Hicks
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This source names Elias Hicks directly: "Wikipedia's own article on Elias Hicks, a tertiary encyclopedic source."
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- Historical Figures, 20 claims: 17 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 14 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
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