Charles Bradlaugh

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Charles Bradlaugh was a 19th-century British politician, atheist, and social reformer best known for his battles over the right to affirm rather than swear a religious oath in Parliament.

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instanceOf British politician
atheist
human
social reformer
associatedWith Annie Besant
National Secular Society
burialPlace Brookwood Cemetery
causeOfDeath kidney disease
citizenship United Kingdom
coFounded National Secular Society
countryOfBirth United Kingdom
countryOfDeath United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1833-09-26
dateOfDeath 1891-01-30
familyName Bradlaugh
fullName Charles Bradlaugh self-link
gender male
givenName Charles
ideology liberalism
republicanism
knownFor atheism advocacy
campaigning for the right to affirm instead of swearing a religious oath in Parliament
secularism activism
language English
legalCase Bradlaugh v. Gossett
Regina v. Bradlaugh and Besant
movement birth control advocacy
freethought
republicanism
secularism
notableEvent multiple exclusions from the House of Commons over oath controversy
refusal to take the religious oath of allegiance as an MP
notableWork Plea for Atheism
The Bible: What It Is
The Impeachment of the House of Brunswick
occupation journalist
orator
politician
writer
parliamentaryTermEnd 1891
parliamentaryTermStart 1880
placeOfBirth Hoxton
London, England
surface form: London
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
politicalOffice Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Northampton
President of the National Secular Society
religiousView atheism
termAsPresidentOfNationalSecularSocietyEnd 1890
termAsPresidentOfNationalSecularSocietyStart 1866

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Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey, England notableBurial Charles Bradlaugh
subject surface form: Brookwood Cemetery
National Secular Society foundedBy Charles Bradlaugh
National Secular Society hasFormerPresident Charles Bradlaugh
Brookwood Cemetery containsGraveOf Charles Bradlaugh
Charles Bradlaugh fullName Charles Bradlaugh self-link