English pastor (1576–1625)
Embarkation of the Pilgrims by Robert Walter Weir (commissioned 1837; placed 1844), oil on canvas, 12 x 18 feet, United States Capitol Rotunda, Washington, DC; Robinson is depicted leading them in prayer
Historical marker to the memory of John Robinson near where he is buried at the Pieterskerk, Leiden, Netherlands
John Robinson (1576–1625) was the pastor of the "Pilgrim Fathers" before they left on the Mayflower. He became one of the early leaders of the English Separatists called Brownists, and is regarded (along with Robert Browne and Henry Barrow) as one of the founders of the Congregational Church.
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