Francis J. Bremer

Professor Emeritus of History, University of Pennsylvania

**Francis J. Bremer** is Professor Emeritus of History at Millersville University of Pennsylvania and Coordinator of New England Beginnings, a partnership of institutions and individuals organized to commemorate the cultures that shaped early New England. He is the author of over a dozen books on puritanism in the Atlantic world, including most recently _Lay Empowerment and the Development of Puritanism_. _One Small Candle: the Plymouth Puritans and the Beginning of English New England_ will be published in August.