A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and NationsWheeler, J. M. (Joseph Mazzini)
Religion
A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations
Wheeler, J. M. (Joseph Mazzini)
Free thought -- Biography
Ewerbeck (August Hermann), Dr., b. Dantzic. After the events of 1848,
he lived at Paris. He translated into German Cabet's Voyage en Icarie,
and in an important work entitled Qu'est ce que La Religion? (What
is Religion), '50, translated into French Feuerbach's "Essence of
Religion," "Essence of Christianity," and "Death and Immortality." In
a succeeding volume What is the Bible? he translated from Daumer,
Ghillany, Luetzelberger and B. Bauer. Ewerbeck also wrote in French
an historical work on Germany and the Germans; Paris, 1851.
Fabre D'Eglantine (Philippe François Nazaire), French revolutionist and
playwriter, b. Carcassonne, 28 Dec. 1755. After some success as a poet
and playwright he was chosen as deputy to the National Convention. He
voted for the death of Louis XVI., and proposed the substitution of
the republican for the Christian calendar, Sept. 1793. He was executed
with his friend Danton, 5 April, 1794.
Fabricatore (Bruto), Italian writer, b. Sarno, Naples, 1824. His father
Antonio had the honor of having a political work placed on the Index,
1821. He took part in the anti-papal Freethought Council of 1869,
and has written works on Dante, etc.
Farinata. See Uberti (Farinata degli).
Fauche (Hippolyte), French Orientalist, b. Auxerre, 22 May,
1797. Translations of the Mahabharata, the Ramayana, and the plays
of Kalidasa, attest his industry and erudition. He contributed to La
Liberté de Penser. Died at Juilly, 28 Feb. 1869.
Fausto (Sebastiano), Da Longiano, Italian of the beginning of the 16th
century, who is said to have projected a work The Temple of Truth,
with the intention of overturning all religions. He translated the
Meditations of Antoninus, also wrote observations on Cicero, 1566.
Feer (Henri Léon), French Orientalist, b. Rouen, 27 Nov. 1830, is
chiefly known by his Buddhistic Studies, 1871-75.
Fellens (Jean Baptiste), Professor of History, b. Bar-sur-Aube,
1794. Author of a work on Pantheism, Paris, 1873.
Fellowes (Robert), LL.D., b. Norfolk 1771, educated at Oxford. He
took orders in 1795, and wrote many books, but gradually quitted the
doctrines of the Church and adopted the Deistic opinions maintained in
his work entitled The Religion of the Universe (1836). Dr. Fellowes
was proprietor of the Examiner and a great supporter of the London
University. Died 5 Feb. 1847.
Fenzi (Sebastiano), Italian writer, b. Florence, 22 Oct. 1822. Educated
by the Jesuits in Vienna, England and Paris. Founded in '49 the Revista
Britannica, writer on the journal L'Italiano, and has written a credo
which is a non-credo.
Feringa (Frederik), Dutch writer, b. Groningen, 16 April, 1840. Studied
mathematics. A contributor to De Dageraad (The Daybreak) over the
signature, "Muricatus"; he has written important studies, entitled
Democratie en Wetenschap (Democracy and Science), 1871, also wrote
in De Vrije Gedachte (Freethought).
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