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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Charles Bradlaugh canonical 6

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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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
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 → notableBurial → Charles Bradlaugh ⓘ
National Secular Society → foundedBy → Charles Bradlaugh ⓘ
National Secular Society → hasFormerPresident → Charles Bradlaugh ⓘ
Brookwood Cemetery → containsGraveOf → Charles Bradlaugh ⓘ
Charles Bradlaugh → fullName → Charles Bradlaugh ⓘ