30 January 1891(1891-01-30) (aged 57) London, England, UK
Political party
Liberal
Known for
Founding the NSS (National Secular Society)
Charles Bradlaugh (/ˈbrædlɔː/; 26 September 1833 – 30 January 1891) was an English political activist and atheist. He founded the National Secular Society in 1866,[1][2] 15 years after George Holyoake had coined the term "secularism" in 1851.
In 1880, Bradlaugh was elected as the Liberal MP for Northampton. His attempt to affirm as an atheist ultimately led to his temporary imprisonment, fines for voting in the House of Commons illegally, and a number of by-elections at which Bradlaugh regained his seat on each occasion. He was finally allowed to take an oath in 1886. Eventually, a parliamentary bill which he proposed became law in 1888, which allowed members of both Houses of Parliament to affirm, if they so wished, when being sworn in. The new law resolved the issue for witnesses in civil and criminal court cases.
^Bryan Niblett. Dare to Stand Alone: The Story of Charles Bradlaugh (2011).
^"Charles Bradlaugh (1833–1891): Founder". National Secular Society. Archived from the original on 16 April 2008. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
CharlesBradlaugh (/ˈbrædlɔː/; 26 September 1833 – 30 January 1891) was an English political activist and atheist. He founded the National Secular Society...
member of the parliament, CharlesBradlaugh. It hosted the meetings of the Congress during the Indian independence movement. Bradlaugh Hall was constructed...
and a close friend of CharlesBradlaugh. In 1877 they were prosecuted for publishing a book by birth control campaigner Charles Knowlton. Thereafter,...
daughter of Charles Bradlaugh. She was born Hypatia Bradlaugh, at 3 Hedger's Terrace, Hackney, London, the second daughter of CharlesBradlaugh, the first openly...
disadvantage because of their religion or lack of it. It was founded by CharlesBradlaugh in 1866. The NSS, whose motto is "Challenging religious privilege"...
times with Charles X, Charles XI, Charles XII, Charles XIII, Charles XIV and Charles XV. Charles I of England (1600–1649) is followed by Charles II of England...
state. The National Secular Society, founded in 1866 by politician CharlesBradlaugh, spearheaded the advocacy for freeing citizens from absolute government...
members." Knowlton died on February 20, 1850. Twenty-seven years later, CharlesBradlaugh and Annie Besant were tried in London for publishing Knowlton's Fruits...
(1788–1860), and Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900). The freethinker CharlesBradlaugh (1833–1891) was repeatedly elected to the British Parliament, but...
in the British parliament through the support of radical MPs like CharlesBradlaugh. William Wedderburn served as the first chairmanship and William Digby...
nearby Becket's Well and Thomas á Becket pub), Bradlaugh Fields (named after the Northampton MP CharlesBradlaugh), Dallington Park, Delapré Park, Eastfield...
goal permitted him to condone the radical republican and atheist CharlesBradlaugh, while he associated himself with the hierarchy of the Catholic Church...
William Stewart Ross used on Life of CharlesBradlaugh, M.P. (1888), a libelous attack on CharlesBradlaughCharles MacKay (born 1950), American arts administrator...
to affirm rather than swear at his inauguration. As late as 1880, CharlesBradlaugh was denied a seat as an MP in the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
Horatio Nelson and Emma Hamilton CharlesBradlaugh (1833–1891), atheist and political activist and his daughter Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner (1858–1935), peace activist...
"Christianity is inescapably a theological religion." English atheist CharlesBradlaugh believed theology prevented human beings from achieving liberty, although...
1907. Ross championed agnosticism in opposition to the atheism of CharlesBradlaugh as an open-ended spiritual exploration. In Why I am an Agnostic (c...
firmly refused. In 1880 there was a huge controversy when the atheist CharlesBradlaugh was elected as a member of parliament and then prevented from taking...
Annie Besant and CharlesBradlaugh. London: Elek Pemberton. ISBN 9780236400058. Banks, J.A.; Banks, Olive (July 1954). "The Bradlaugh-Besant trial and...
campaign of birth control should be tolerated by the Home Secretary. CharlesBradlaugh was condemned to jail for a less serious crime. Stopes was incensed...
scientific than religious monogenism. The British atheist leader CharlesBradlaugh was also interested in the theory of polygenesis. He found it useful...
not via the tower entrance. It was last used in 1880 when atheist CharlesBradlaugh, newly elected Member of Parliament for Northampton, was imprisoned...
Monkton Milnes, CharlesBradlaugh, Thomas Bendyshe, Algernon Swinburne, Sir James Plaisted Wilde, General Studholme John Hodgson and Charles Duncan Cameron...
(1899–1970): British Labour politician, vice-chairman of the party in 1968. CharlesBradlaugh (1833–1891): Liberal politician and one of the most famous English...
Global Information