Folger, Peter, 1617-90, British settler on Nantucket. He was associated with Thomas Mayhew on Martha's Vineyard, becoming missionary, schoolmaster, and surveyor. He moved to Nantucket in 1663, added other duties to those he possessed in Martha's Vineyard, and became a leader in the community. Folger was a Baptist and was opposed to the intolerance of the Massachusetts leaders. He wrote A Looking Glass for the Times (1676), which his grandson, Benjamin Franklin, described as a defense of liberty of conscience in "homespun verse—written with a good deal of decent plainness and manly freedom."

Folger may refer to:

• Cape Folger, a headland of Antarctica
• Folger Shakespeare Library, an independent research library

People with the given name Folger:

• Walter Folger Brown (1869-1961), American politician
• William Folger Nickle (1869-1957), Canadian politician

People with the surname Folger:

• Abigail Folger (1943-1969), American civil rights activist
• Alonzo Dillard Folger (1888-1941), Member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina
• Charles J. Folger (1818-1884), American politician
• Dan Folger (1943-2006), American singer and songwriter
• Emily Jordan Folger (1858-1936), Shakespeare scholar
• Henry Clay Folger (1857-1930), founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library
• J. A. Folger (1835-1889), founder of the Folgers Coffee Company
• John Hamlin Folger (1880-1963), American lawyer
• Joseph P. Folger (21st century), American academic
• Mayhew Folger (1774-1828), American whaler
• Peter Folger (1905-1980), American businessperson
• Peter Folger (1617-1690), Baptist missionary, teacher, and surveyor
• Walter Folger, Jr. (1765-1849), Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts

See also

• Folgers