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J. M. Robertson

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John Mackinnon Robertson PC (14 November 1856 – 5 January 1933) was a prolific journalist, advocate of rationalism and secularism, and Liberal Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for Tyneside from 1906 to 1918. [1]

60 relations: Adolphus Drucker, Alfred Cochrane, Arthur Drews, Brodick, Charles Bradlaugh, Charles Latham, 1st Baron Latham, Christ myth theory, Conway Hall Ethical Society, Donald Maclean (British politician), E. G. Pretyman, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Evening News, Edinburgh Secular Society, Edward Harford, Ethics (journal), Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare, Free trade, Freethought, George Lunn (British politician), Harold Tennant, Harvard Theological Review, Hendon (UK Parliament constituency), Henry Labouchère, Historicity of Jesus, Homer W. Smith, Isle of Arran, Joshua, Journalist, Liberal Party (UK), London, Matt Simm, National Reformer, Northampton, Northampton (UK Parliament constituency), Paradox of thrift, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton, Politician, President of the Liberal Party, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Radicalism (historical), Rationalism, Secularism, Sir James Knott, 1st Baronet, Solar deity, Stirling, The Journal of Religion, The Monist, Tyneside (UK Parliament constituency), ..., Underconsumption, United Kingdom general election, 1895, United Kingdom general election, 1906, United Kingdom general election, 1918, United Kingdom general election, 1923, United Kingdom general election, December 1910, United Kingdom general election, January 1910, Wallsend (UK Parliament constituency), William Archer (critic), William Benjamin Smith. Expand index (10 more) »

Adolphus Drucker

Charles Gustavus Adolphus Drucker (born 1 May 1868, Amsterdam, died 10 December 1903, New York City) was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Northampton.

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Alfred Cochrane

Alfred Henry John Cochrane (26 January 1865 – 14 December 1948) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1884 and 1886, and for Oxford University between 1885 and 1888.

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Arthur Drews

Christian Heinrich Arthur Drews (November 1, 1865 – July 19, 1935) was a German writer, historian, philosopher, and important representative of German monist thought.

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Brodick

Brodick (Tràigh a' Chaisteil ("Castle Beach") or Breadhaig) is the main town on the Isle of Arran, in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland.

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Charles Bradlaugh

Charles Bradlaugh (26 September 1833 – 30 January 1891) was an English political activist and atheist.

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Charles Latham, 1st Baron Latham

Charles Latham, 1st Baron Latham (26 December 1888 – 31 March 1970) was a British politician and Leader of the London County Council from 1940 to 1947.

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Christ myth theory

The Christ myth theory (also known as the Jesus myth theory, Jesus mythicism, mythicism, or Jesus ahistoricity theory) is "the view that the person known as Jesus of Nazareth had no historical existence." Alternatively, in terms given by Bart Ehrman as per his criticism of mythicism, "the historical Jesus did not exist.

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Conway Hall Ethical Society

The Conway Hall Ethical Society, formerly the South Place Ethical Society, based in London at Conway Hall, is thought to be the oldest surviving freethought organisation in the world and is the only remaining ethical society in the United Kingdom.

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Donald Maclean (British politician)

Sir Donald Maclean (9 January 1864 – 15 June 1932) was a British Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.

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E. G. Pretyman

Ernest George Pretyman, PC, JP, DL (13 November 1860 – 26 November 1931), known as E. G. Pretyman, was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Edinburgh Evening News

The Edinburgh Evening News is a local newspaper based in Edinburgh, Scotland, that was founded by John Wilson (1844–1909) and first published in 1873.

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Edinburgh Secular Society

Edinburgh Secular Society is an organisation, based in Edinburgh, dedicated to promoting secularism across Scotland.

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Edward Harford

Edward Harford (21 March 1837 or 1838 – 11 January 1898) was a British trade unionist.

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Ethics (journal)

Ethics is an academic journal established in 1890 as the International Journal of Ethics, renamed in 1938, and published since 1923 by the University of Chicago Press.

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Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare

Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare, FBA (14 September 1856 – 9 January 1924) was a British orientalist, Fellow of University College, Oxford, and Professor of Theology at the University of Oxford.

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Free trade

Free trade is a free market policy followed by some international markets in which countries' governments do not restrict imports from, or exports to, other countries.

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Freethought

Freethought (or "free thought") is a philosophical viewpoint which holds that positions regarding truth should be formed on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism, rather than authority, tradition, revelation, or dogma.

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George Lunn (British politician)

Sir George Lunn (26 November 1861 – 21 July 1939) was a British Liberal Party politician.

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Harold Tennant

Harold John Tennant PC (18 November 1865 – 9 November 1935), often known as Jack Tennant, was a Scottish Liberal politician.

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Harvard Theological Review

The Harvard Theological Review is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1908 and published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Harvard Divinity School.

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Hendon (UK Parliament constituency)

Hendon is a constituency created in 1997 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Matthew Offord of the Conservative Party.

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Henry Labouchère

Henry Du Pré Labouchère (9 November 1831 – 15 January 1912) was an English politician, writer, publisher and theatre owner in the Victorian and Edwardian eras.

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Historicity of Jesus

The historicity of Jesus concerns the degree to which sources show Jesus of Nazareth existed as a historical figure.

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Homer W. Smith

Homer William Smith (January 2, 1895 – March 25, 1962), best known as Homer W. Smith was an American physiologist and science writer.

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Isle of Arran

Arran (Eilean Arainn) or the Isle of Arran is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde and the seventh largest Scottish island, at.

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Joshua

Joshua or Jehoshua (יְהוֹשֻׁעַ Yehōšuʿa) or Isho (Aramaic: ܝܼܫܘܿܥ ܒܲܪ ܢܘܿܢ Eesho Bar Non) is the central figure in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua.

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Journalist

A journalist is a person who collects, writes, or distributes news or other current information to the public.

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Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major parties in the United Kingdom – with the opposing Conservative Party – in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Matt Simm

Matthew Turnbull Simm (4 January 1869 – 8 October 1928) was a National Democratic and Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) representing Wallsend, from 1918 to 1922.

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National Reformer

The National Reformer was a secularist weekly publication in 19th century Britain, noted for providing a longstanding "strong, radical voice" in its time, advocating Atheism.

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Northampton

Northampton is the county town of Northamptonshire in the East Midlands of England.

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Northampton (UK Parliament constituency)

Northampton was a parliamentary constituency (centred on the town of Northampton), which existed until 1974.

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Paradox of thrift

The paradox of thrift (or paradox of saving) is a paradox of economics.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories.

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Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade in the United Kingdom was a member of Parliament assigned to assist the Board of Trade and its President with administration and liaison with Parliament.

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Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton

Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton, (1 May 1884 – 27 July 1972), known as Philip Lloyd-Greame until 1924 and as The Viscount Swinton between 1935 and 1955, was a prominent British Conservative politician from the 1920s until the 1950s.

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Politician

A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government.

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President of the Liberal Party

This is a list of people who served as President of the British Liberal Party.

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Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Radicalism (historical)

The term "Radical" (from the Latin radix meaning root) during the late 18th-century and early 19th-century identified proponents of democratic reform, in what subsequently became the parliamentary Radical Movement.

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Rationalism

In philosophy, rationalism is the epistemological view that "regards reason as the chief source and test of knowledge" or "any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification".

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Secularism

Secularism is the principle of the separation of government institutions and persons mandated to represent the state from religious institution and religious dignitaries (the attainment of such is termed secularity).

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Sir James Knott, 1st Baronet

Sir James Knott, 1st Baronet (31 January 1855 – 8 June 1934) was a shipping magnate (Prince Steam Shipping Company Ltd. (Prince Line)) and Conservative Party politician in the north-east of England.

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Solar deity

A solar deity (also sun god or sun goddess) is a sky deity who represents the Sun, or an aspect of it, usually by its perceived power and strength.

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Stirling

Stirling (Stirlin; Sruighlea) is a city in central Scotland.

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The Journal of Religion

The Journal of Religion is an academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press founded in 1882 as The American Journal of Theology.

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The Monist

The Monist: An International Quarterly Journal of General Philosophical Inquiry is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of philosophy.

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Tyneside (UK Parliament constituency)

Tyneside was a parliamentary constituency in the Tyneside area of north-east England, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

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Underconsumption

In underconsumption theory in economics, recessions and stagnation arise due to inadequate consumer demand relative to the amount produced.

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United Kingdom general election, 1895

The 1895 United Kingdom general election was held between 13 July and 7 August 1895.

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United Kingdom general election, 1906

The 1906 United Kingdom general election was held from 12 January to 8 February 1906.

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United Kingdom general election, 1918

The 1918 United Kingdom general election was called immediately after the Armistice with Germany which ended the First World War, and was held on Saturday 14 December 1918.

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United Kingdom general election, 1923

The 1923 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 December 1923.

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United Kingdom general election, December 1910

The December 1910 United Kingdom general election was held from 3 to 19 December.

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United Kingdom general election, January 1910

The January 1910 United Kingdom general election was held from 15 January to 10 February 1910.

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Wallsend (UK Parliament constituency)

Wallsend was a parliamentary constituency centred on Wallsend, a town on the north bank of the River Tyne in North Tyneside.

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William Archer (critic)

William Archer (23 September 1856 – 27 December 1924) was a Scottish writer and theatre critic, based, for most of his career, in London.

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William Benjamin Smith

William Benjamin Smith (October 26, 1850 – August 6, 1934) was a professor of mathematics at Tulane University, best known as a proponent of the Christ myth theory.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Robertson

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