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Knox, John
     
Knox, John
(?1505-72) a Scottish Protestant religious leader, who opposed Scotland's Catholic queen, Mary Queen of Scots. He started the Presbyterian religion in Scotland, a new type of Christianity based on the strict rules of moral behaviour of Calvinism, and he also established the Church of Scotland.
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