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
Gill (Charles), b. Dublin, 8 Oct. 1824, was educated at the University
of that city. In '83 he published anonymously a work on The Evolution
of Christianity. It was quoted by Mr. Foote in his defences before
Judge North and Lord Coleridge, and in the following year he put his
name to a second edition. Mr. Gill has also written a pamphlet on
the Blasphemy Laws, and has edited, with an introduction, Archbishop
Laurence's Book of Enoch, 1883.
Giles (Rev. John Allen, D.Ph.), b. Mark, Somersetshire, 26
Oct. 1808. Educated at the Charterhouse and Oxford, where he
graduated B.A. as a double first-class in '28. He was appointed
head-master of the City of London School, which post he left for
the Church. The author of over 150 volumes of educational works,
including the Keys to the Classics; privately he was a confirmed
Freethinker, intimate with Birch, Scott, etc. His works bearing on
theology show his heresy, the principal being Hebrew Records 1850,
Christian Records 1854. These two were published together in amended
form in 1877. He also wrote Codex Apocryphus Novi Testamenti 1852,
Writings of the Early Christians of the Second Century 1857, and
Apostolic Records, published posthumously in 1886. Died 24 Sept 1884.
Ginguene (Pierre Louis), French historian b. Rennes, 25 April,
1748. Educated, with Parny, by Jesuits. At Paris he became a
teacher, embraced the Revolution, wrote on Rousseau and Rabelais,
and collaborated with Chamfort in the Historic Pictures of the French
Revolution. Thrown into prison during the Terror, he escaped on the
fall of Robespierre, and became Director of Public Instruction. His
principal work is a Literary History of Italy. Died Paris, 11
Nov. 1816.
Gilliland (M. S.) Miss, b. Londonderry 1853, authoress of a little
work on The Future of Morality, from the Agnostic standpoint, 1888.
Gioja (Melchiorre), Italian political economist, b. Piazenza, 20
Sept. 1767. He advocated republicanism, and was appointed head of a
bureau of statistics. For his brochure La Scienza del Povero Diavolo
he was expelled from Italy in 1809. He published works on Merit and
Rewards and The Philosophy of Statistics. Died at Milan 2 Jan. 1829.
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