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Charles Bradlaugh ( / ˈbrædlɔː /; 26 September 1833 – 30 January 1891) was an English political activist and atheist. He founded the National Secular Society in 1866, [1] [2] 15 years after George Holyoake had coined the term "secularism" in 1851. In 1880, Bradlaugh was elected as the Liberal MP for Northampton.
- Founding the NSS (National Secular Society)
- Charles George Merewether
Charles Bradlaugh (born September 26, 1833, London, England—died January 30, 1891, London) was a British radical and atheist, a freethinker in the tradition of Voltaire and Thomas Paine, prominent throughout most of the second half of the 19th century for his championship of individual liberties. Son of a poor legal clerk, Bradlaugh served in ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Humanist Tradition. 19th Century Freethinkers. Charles Bradlaugh. A passionate non-believer, Bradlaugh loved to debate the merits of the Bible with fervent, often well-known, believers. He was a courageous and stirring orator and crowds flocked to hear his verbal duels.
Bradlaugh, Charles Enciclopedia on line Uomo politico inglese (Hoxton 1833 - Londra 1891); agitatore repubblicano, simpatizzò per le rivoluzioni europee del 1848-49, ma si trovò in contrasto con l'opinione pubblica britannica per la sua propaganda antimonarchica e anticristiana.
Charles Bradlaugh was a leading freethinker, secularist, and founder of the National Secular Society. His efforts to take his seat in Parliament as elected MP for Northampton led to a protracted campaign for solemn affirmation, rather than oath swearing, and his publication with Annie Besant of birth control literature made a stand against ...
BRADLAUGH, Charles in "Enciclopedia Italiana" - Treccani - Treccani. Giuseppe GALLAVRESI. Uomo politico inglese, nato a Londra il 26 settembre 1833, morto ivi il 30 gennaio 1891.
By Edward Royle. Type: Biography. Charles Bradlaugh was born on 26 September 1833 in Hoxton, London, the eldest of the seven children of a poor solicitor’s clerk, and he received only an elementary education. Though brought up in the Church of England, he came to doubt the doctrines of Christianity.
