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
a great sensation in '86; and The History of the People of Israel,
'87-89.
Renand (Paul), Belgian author of a work entitled Nouvelle Symbolique,
on the identity of Christianity and Paganism, published at Brussels
in 1861.
Rengart (Karl Fr.), of Berlin, b. 1803, democrat and freethought
friend of C. Deubler. Died about 1879.
Renard (Georges), French professor of the Academie of Lausanne;
author of Man, is he Free? 1881, and a Life of Voltaire, '83.
Renouvier (Charles Bernard), French philosopher, b. Montpellier,
1815. An ardent Radical and follower of the critical philosophy. Among
his works are Manual of Ancient Philosophy (2 vols., '44); Republican
Manual, '48; Essays of General Criticism, '54; Science of Morals, '69;
a translation, made with F. Pillon, of Hume's Psychology, '78; and A
Sketch of a Systematic Classification of Philosophical Doctrines, '85.
Renton (William), English writer, b. Edinburgh, 1852. Educated in
Germany. Wrote poems entitled Oil and Water Colors, and a work on The
Logic of Style, '74. At Keswick he published Jesus, a psychological
estimate of that hero, '76. Has since published a romance of the last
generation called Bishopspool, '83.
Rethore (François), French professor of philosophy at the Lyceum of
Marseilles, b. Amiens, 1822. Author of a work entitled Condillac,
or Empiricism and Rationalism, '64. Has translated H. Spencer's
Classification of Sciences.
Reuschle (Karl Gustav), German geographer, b. Mehrstetten, 12
Dec. 1812. He wrote on Kepler and Astronomy, '71, and Philosophy and
Natural Science, '74, dedicated to the memory of D. F. Strauss. Died
at Stuttgart, 22 May, 1875.
Revillon (Antoine, called Tony), French journalist and deputy,
b. Saint-Laurent-les Mâcon (Ain), 29 Dec. 1832. At first a lawyer in
'57, he went to Paris, where he has written on many journals, and
published many romances and brochures. In '81 he was elected deputy.
Rey (Marc Michel), printer and bookseller of Amsterdam. He printed
all the works of d'Holbach and Rousseau and some of Voltaire's,
and conducted the Journal des Savans.
Reynaud (Antoine Andre Louis), Baron, French mathematician, b. Paris,
12 Sept. 1777. In 1790 he became one of the National Guard of Paris. He
was teacher and examiner for about thirty years in the Polytechnic
School. A friend of Lalande. Died Paris, 24 Feb. 1844.
Reynaud (Jean Ernest), French philosopher, b. Lyons, 14 Feb. 1806. For
a time he was a Saint Simonian. In '36 he edited with P. Leroux the
Encyclopédie Nouvelle. He was a moderate Democrat in the Assembly
of '48. His chief work, entitled Earth and Heaven, '54, had great
success. It was formally condemned by a clerical council held at
Périgueux. Died Paris, 28 June, 1863.
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