A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and NationsWheeler, J. M. (Joseph Mazzini)
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A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations
Wheeler, J. M. (Joseph Mazzini)
Free thought -- Biography
Emmet (Robert), Irish revolutionist, b. in Dublin 1778, was educated
as a barrister. Expelled from Dublin University for his sympathy with
the National Cause in 1798; he went to the Continent, but returned in
1802 to plan an ill-starred insurrection, for which he was executed 20
Sept. 1803. Emmet made a thrilling speech before receiving sentence,
and on the scaffold refused the services of a priest. It is well
known that his desire to see once more his sweetheart, the daughter
of Curran, was the cause of his capture and execution.
Engledue (William Collins), M.D., b. Portsea 1813. After taking his
degree at Edinburgh, he became assistant to Dr. Lizars and was elected
President of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh. He returned
to Portsmouth in 1835; originated the Royal Portsmouth Hospital and
established public baths and washhouses. He contributed to the Zoist
and published an exposition of materialism under the title of Cerebral
Physiology, 1842, republished by J. Watson, 1857. Died Jan. 1859.
English (George Bethune), American writer and linguist, b. Cambridge,
Mass., 7 March, 1787. He studied law and divinity, and graduated
at Harvard, 1807, but becoming sceptical published Grounds of
Christianity Examined, 1813. The work excited some controversy,
and has been reprinted at Toronto, 1839. He joined the Egyptian
service and became General of Artillery. He had a variable genius
and a gift of languages. At Marseilles he passed for a Turk with
a Turkish ambassador; and at Washington he surprised a delegation
of Cherokees by disputing with them in their own tongue. He wrote a
reply to his critics, entitled Five Smooth Stones out of the Brook,
and two letters to Channing on his sermons against infidelity. Died
at Washington, 20 Sept. 1828.
Ense (Varnhagen von). See Varnhagen.
Ensor (George), an Irish writer, b. Loughgall, 1769. Educated at
Trinity College; he became B.A. 1790. He travelled largely, and was
a friend of liberty in every country. Besides other political works
he published, The Independent Man, 1806; On National Government,
1810; A Review of the Miracles, Prophecies and Mysteries of the
Old and New Testaments, first printed as Janus on Sion, 1816, and
republished 1835; and Natural Theology Examined, 1836, the last being
republished in The Library of Reason. Bentham described him as clever
but impracticable. Died Ardress, Co. Armagh, 3 Dec. 1843.
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