William Popple
Introduction

*To be distinguished from his grandson [William Popple (colonial administrator)](/wiki/William_Popple_%28colonial_administrator%29 "William Popple (colonial administrator)") (1701–1764\), government official and writer*.Oxford Biography Index Number 101022545 [Oxford DNB](http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101022545/William-Popple) Thomas Seccombe, ‘Popple, William (1700/01–1764\)’, rev. C. S. Rogers, first published Sept 2004 ;online edn, Jan 2010, 642 words

**William Popple** (1638–1708\) was an English Unitarian merchant, the translator into English of [John Locke](/wiki/John_Locke "John Locke")'s *[A Letter Concerning Toleration](/wiki/A_Letter_Concerning_Toleration "A Letter Concerning Toleration")*.C. Robbins *Absolute Liberty: The Life and Thought of William Popple*, 1638\-1708 Transactions of the Unitarian Historical Society, V 1967


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