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
Lange praises him highly.
Tollemache (Hon. Lionel Arthur), b. 1838, son of Baron Tollemache,
a friend of C. Austin, of whom he has written. Wrote many articles
in Fortnightly Review, reprinted (privately) as Stones of Stumbling,
'84. Has also written Safe Studies, '84; Recollections of Pallison,
'85; and Mr. Romanes's Catechism, '87.
Tone (Theobald Wolfe), Irish patriot, b. Dublin, 20 June,
1763. Educated at Trinity College in 1784, he obtained a scholarship
in 1786, B.A. He founded the Society of United Irishmen, 1791. Kept
relations with the French revolutionists, and in 1796 induced the
French Directory to send an expedition against England. He was taken
prisoner and committed suicide in prison, dying 19 Nov. 1798.
Topinard (Paul), M.D., French anthropologist, b. Isle-Adam 1830. Editor
of the Revue d'Anthropologie, and author of a standard work on that
subject published in the Library of Contemporary Science.
Toulmin (George Hoggart), M.D., of Wolverhampton. Author of The
Antiquity and Duration of the World, 1785; The Eternity of the
Universe, 1789; the last being republished in 1825.
Tournai (Simon de). See Simon.
Traina (Tommaso), Italian jurist. Author of a work on The Ethics of
Herbert Spencer, Turin, 1881.
Travis (Henry), Dr., b. Scarborough, 1807. He interested himself
in the socialistic aspect of co-operation, and became a friend and
literary executor to Robert Owen. In '51-53 he edited Robert Owen's
Journal. He also wrote on Effectual Reform, Free Will and Law, Moral
Freedom and Causation, and A Manual of Social Science, and contributed
to the National Reformer. Died 4 Feb. 1884.
Trelawny (Edward John), b. Cornwall, Nov. 1792. Became intimate in
Italy with Shelley, whose body he recovered and cremated in August,
1822. He accompanied Byron on his Greek expedition, and married a
daughter of a Greek chief. He wrote Adventures of a Younger Son,
'31; and Records of Shelley, Byron, and the Author, '78. He died 13
Aug. 1881, and was cremated at Gotha, his ashes being afterwards placed
beside those of Shelley. Trelawny was a vehement Pagan despising the
creeds and conventions of society. Swinburne calls him "World-wide
liberty's lifelong lover."
Trenchard (John), English Deist and political writer, b. Somersetshire,
1669. He studied law, but abandoned it, and was appointed Commissioner
of Forfeited Estates in Ireland. In conjunction with Gordon he
wrote Cato's Letters on civil and religious liberty, and conducted
The Independent Whig. He sat in the House of Commons as M.P. for
Taunton; he also wrote the Natural History of Superstition, 1709; but
La Contagion Sacree, attributed to him, is really by d'Holbach. Died
17 Dec. 1723.
Trevelyan (Arthur), of Tyneholm, Tranent, N.B., a writer in the
Reasoner and National Reformer. Published The Insanity of Mankind
(Edinburgh, 1850), and some tracts. He was a Vice-President of the
National Secular Society. Died at Tyneholm, 6 Feb. 1878.
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