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
Cox (the Right Rev. Sir George William), b. 1827, was educated at
Rugby and Oxford, where he took B.C.L. in 1849. Entered the Church,
but has devoted himself to history and mythology. His most pretentious
work is Mythology of the Aryan Nations (1870). He has also written
an Introduction to Comparative Mythology and several historical
works. In 1886 he became Bishop of Bloemfontein. He is credited with
the authorship of the English Life of Jesus, published under the name
of Thomas Scott. At the Church Congress of 1888 he read an heretical
paper on Biblical Eschatology. His last production is a Life of Bishop
Colenso, 2 vols, 1888.
Coyteux (Fernand), French writer, b. Ruffec, 1800. Author of a
materialistic system of philosophy, Brussels, 1853 Studies on
physiology, Paris, 1875, etc.
Craig (Edward Thomas), social reformer, b. at Manchester 4
Aug. 1804. He was present at the Peterloo massacre '19; helped to form
the Salford Social Institute and became a pioneer of co-operation. In
'31 he became editor of the Lancashire Co-operator. In Nov. of the same
year he undertook the management of a co-operative farm at Rahaline,
co. Clare. Of this experiment he has written an history, '72. Mr. Craig
has edited several journals and contributed largely to Radical and
co-operative literature. He has published a memoir of Dr. Travis and
at the age of 84 he wrote on The Science of Prolonging Life.
Cramer (Johan Nicolai), Swedish writer, b. Wisby, Gottland, 18
Feb. 1812. He studied at Upsala and became Doctor of Philosophy
'36; ordained priest in '42; he resigned in '58. In religion he
denies revelation and insists on the separation of Church and
State. Among his works we mention Separation from the Church, a
Freethinker's annotations on the reading of the Bible, Stockholm,
1859. A Confession of Faith; Forward or Back? (1862). He has also
written on the Punishment of Death (1868), and other topics.
Cranbrook (Rev. James.) Born of strict Calvinistic parents about
1817. Mr. Cranbrook gradually emancipated himself from dogmas, became
a teacher, and for sixteen years was minister of an Independent Church
at Liscard, Cheshire. He also was professor at the Ladies' College,
Liverpool, some of his lectures there being published '57. In Jan. '65,
he went to Albany Church, Edinburgh, but his views being too broad
for that congregation, he left in Feb. '67 but continued to give
Sunday lectures until his death, 6 June, 1869. In '66 he published
Credibilia: an Inquiry into the grounds of Christian faith and two
years later The Founders of Christianity, discourses on the origin of
Christianity. Other lectures on Human Depravity, Positive Religion,
etc., were published by Thomas Scott.
Cranch (Christopher Pearse), American painter and poet, b. Alexandria,
Virginia, 8 March, 1813, graduated at divinity school, Cambridge,
Mass. '35, but left the ministry in '42. He shows his Freethought
sentiments in Satan, a Libretto, Boston, '74, and other works.
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