A Wikipedia entry on William J. Seymour, the American preacher whose leadership of the Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles is widely regarded as the founding event of modern Pentecostalism, compiled and revised by volunteer editors.
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Reliability TierReliability tier 3: a Wikipedia entry, written and revised by unnamed volunteer editors, suited to an uncontested, easily checked biographical point rather than a disputed claim. NotesCrowd-sourced tertiary reference, consulted directly, 2026-08-11. Used here only for the plain, checkable facts that William J. Seymour was born 2 May 1870 in Centerville, Louisiana, and died 28 September 1922 in Los Angeles, matching the atlas's own pre-existing lifespan text on his entity. 1 Citation
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