Charles Bradlaugh
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| Born | 1833 | ||||||||
| Died | 1891 | ||||||||
| Occupation | political | ||||||||
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Apparently a member of the Cannibal Club, yet he does not appear on any of the membership lists of the ASL
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Charles Bradlaugh (/ˈbrædlɔː/; 26 September 1833 – 30 January 1891) was an English political activist and an atheist and British republican. He founded the National Secular Society in 1866.[1]
In 1880, Bradlaugh was elected as the Liberal MP for Northampton. His attempt to affirm as an atheist, rather than take a parliamentary Oath of Allegiance which assumed a new MP was a Christian (and a Monarchist), ultimately led to his temporary imprisonment, fines for voting in the Commons illegally, and a number of by-elections at which Bradlaugh regained his seat on each occasion. He was finally allowed to take an oath in 1886. Eventually, a parliamentary bill which he proposed became law in 1888 which allowed members of both Houses of Parliament to affirm, if they so wished, when being sworn in. The new law also resolved the issue for witnesses in civil and criminal court cases.
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Political Essays: A Compilation (1833-1891 [3]
Half-Hours With The Freethinkers 1857 [4] The Credibility and Morality of the Four Gospels 1860
Who Was Jesus Christ, and What Did He Teach? 1860
A Few Words About the Devil (includes an autobiographical sketch) 1864 [5]
A Plea for Atheism (included in Theological Essays) 1864 [6]
The Bible: What It Is! 1870 [7]
The Impeachment of the House of Brunswick 1875
The Freethinker's Text-Book, Vol 1 1876
Is The Bible Divine? (Debate with Roberts) 1876 [8]
Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers (rpt Half-Hours With The Freethinkers) 1877 [9]
When Were Our Gospels Written? 1881 [10] Some Objections to Socialism 1884 [11]
The Atheistic Platform: 12 Lectures by Charles Bradlaugh, Annie Besant [and others] 1884 [12]
Is There a God? 1887 [13]
Humanity's Gain from Unbelief 1889
Labor and Law 1891
The True Story of My Parliamentary Struggle 1882 [14]
Heresy: Its Utility And Morality. A Plea And A Justification 1882 [15]
Theological Essays ( includes 20 essays) 1895 [16]
Man, Whence and How? and Religion, What and Why? (rpt of The Freethinker’s Text-Book, Vol 1) 1906 [17]