Francis Ambrose Ridley, usually known as Frank Ridley (22 February 1897 – 27 March 1994) was a marxist and secularist of the United Kingdom. February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ... This article concerns secularism, the exclusion of religion and supernatural beliefs. ...

Life

Ridley was educated at Sedbergh School and Salisbury Theological College. He did not enter the Church, though he did gain a theology licentiate at Durham University. He later abandoned Christianity completely. Theology is reasoned discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason). It can also refer to the study of other religious topics. ... Durham (IPA: locally, in RP) is a small city and main settlement of the City of Durham district of County Durham in North East England. ...

Political activities

From 1925 to 1964, Ridley spoke every week at Hyde Park Corner 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... Hyde Park Corner is a place in London, England, at the south-east corner of Hyde Park. ...

Ridley was one of the founders of the Marxist League in 1930, which might have become the British Section of Trotsky's International Left Opposition. But in 1931, he and another Marxist League member, Chandu Ram (H.R. Aggarwala) wrote "Thesis on the British Situation, the Left Opposition and the Comintern", with which Trotsky famously disagreed. 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1915 passport photo of Trotsky Leon Davidovich Trotsky (Russian: Лев Давидович Троцкий; also transliterated Trotskii, Trotski, Trotzky) (October 26 (O.S.) = November 7 (N.S.), 1879 - August 21, 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (Лев Давидович Бронштейн), was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist intellectual. ... This article is part of the Communism series. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Comintern (from Russian Коммунистический Интернационал (Kommunisticheskiy Internatsional) – Communist International), also known as the Third International, was an independent international Communist organization founded in March 1919 by Vladmir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and the Russian Communist Party (bolshevik), which intended to fight by all available means, including armed force, for the overthrow of... 1915 passport photo of Trotsky Leon Davidovich Trotsky (Russian: Лев Давидович Троцкий; also transliterated Trotskii, Trotski, Trotzky) (October 26 (O.S.) = November 7 (N.S.), 1879 - August 21, 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (Лев Давидович Бронштейн), was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist intellectual. ...

Secularist activities

Ridley was President of the National Secular Society from 1951-1963. He edited The Freethinker 1951-1954. The National Secular Society is an organisation of the United Kingdom which promotes secularism. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For other uses of The Freethinker, see The Freethinker (disambiguation). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Publications

Ridley's published works include:

• The Assassins, London, 1935 (reprinted by Socialist Platform, 1988)
• At the Cross Roads of History (On the present social and economic crisis), London: Wishart, 1935
• Julian the Apostate and the Rise of Christianity, London: Watts & Co. Ltd, 1937
• The Papacy and Fascism: the crisis of the twentieth century, London: Secker and Warburg, 1937
• The Jesuits: a study in counter revolution, London: Secker and Warburg, 1938
• Fascism - What Is It?, London: Freedom Press, 1941
• Revolutionary Tradition in England, London: National Labour Press, 1947
• The Evolution of the Papacy, London: Pioneer Press, 1949
• Reminiscences of Hyde Park, Hyde Park Pamphlet no. 7. London: Leslie Jones, 1985
• Fascism Down The Ages: from Caesar to Hitler, London: Romer, 1988 (2nd ed 1991)

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Bibliography

Morrell, Robert (2003). The Gentle Revolutionary: The life and work of Frank Ridley, socialist and secularist. Freethought History Research Group. It has been suggested that Freethinking be merged into this article or section. ...