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
Owen (Robert Dale), son of the above, b. Glasgow 9 Nov. 1800. Was
educated by his father till 1820, when he was sent to Fellenberg's
school, near Berne, Switzerland. In '25 he went to America to aid
in the efforts to found a colony at New Harmony, Indiana. On the
failure of that experiment he began with Frances Wright, in Nov. '28,
the publication of the Free Inquirer, which was continued till
'32. In that year he had a written discussion with O. Bachelor on
the existence of God, and the authenticity of the Bible, in which he
ably championed the Freethought cause. He wrote a number of tracts
of which we mention Situations, 1839; Address on Free Inquiry, 1840;
Prossimo's Experience, Consistency, Galileo and the Inquisition. He
was elected to Congress in '43. After fifteen years of labor he
secured the women of Indiana independent rights of property. He
became charge d'affaires at Naples in '53. During the civil war he
strongly advocated slave emancipation. Like his father he became a
Spiritualist. Died at Lake George, 17 June, 1877.
Paalzow (Christian Ludwig), German jurist, b. Osterburg (Altmark),
26 Nov. 1753, translated Voltaire's commentaries on The Spirit of
the Laws and Burigny's Examination of the Apologists of Christianity
(Leipzic, 1793), and wrote a History of Religious Cruelty (Mainz,
1800). Died 20 May, 1824.
Paepe (Cesar de). See De Paepe.
Pagano (Francisco Mario Saverio Antonio Carlo Pasquale). Italian
jurist, philosopher and patriot, b. Brienza, 1748. He studied at
Naples, and became the friend of Filangieri. Was made professor
of criminal law in 1787. For his Political Essays in three volumes
(1783-92) he was accused of Atheism and impiety. He wrote on Criminal
Process and a work on God and Nature. Taking part in the Provisional
Government of the Neapolitan Republic in 1791, he was taken prisoner
by the royalists and executed 6 Oct. 1800.
Page (David). Scotch geologist, b. 29 Aug. 1814. Author of
introductory and advanced text-books of geology, which went through
many editions. He gave advanced lectures in Edinburgh, and edited
Life Lights of Song, '64. His Man Where, Whence, and Whither?,
'67, advocating Darwinian views, made some stir in Scotland. He
became professor of geology at Durham University. A friend of Robert
Chambers, he was for some time credited with that writer's Vestiges
of Creation, in the scientific details of which he assisted. Died at
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 9 March, 1879.
Paget (Violet). English authoress, who, under the pen-name of "Vernon
Lee," has written Studies of the Eighteenth Century in Italy and
Baldwin, dialogues on views and aspirations 1886. Since '71 she has
lived chiefly in Florence, and contributes to the principal reviews,
an article in the Contemporary (May '83) on "Responsibilities of
Unbelief" being particularly noticeable. Miss Paget's writings show
a cultivated mind and true literary instinct.
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