biography
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Holyoake, George (Jacob)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1817–1906)
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| biography:
| Social reformer, born in Birmingham, West Midlands, C England, UK. He taught mathematics, lectured on Owen's socialist system, edited the Reasoner, and promoted the bill legalizing secular affirmations. He was the last person imprisoned in England on a charge of atheism (1842). He wrote histories of the co-operative movement and of secularism. |
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