John Humphrey Noyes
1811–86
American religious and social reformer. Expelled from Yale Divinity School, 1834, for declaring that he had reached a state of sinlessness. Formed a society of Bible communists in Putney, Vermont, practising ‘complex marriage’, a form of polygamy/polyandry. Moved the community to Oneida, New York, in 1848 following charges of adultery. Moved to Canada with a small group of followers in 1879.
Source
ANB
Bibliography
ANB: American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. and supplement. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002.
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