George Jacob Holyoake (April 13, 1817 - January 22, 1906), English secularist and co-operator, was born in Birmingham, England. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 236 × 318 pixelsFull resolution (236 × 318 pixel, file size: 11 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)George Jacob Holyoake in later life. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 236 × 318 pixelsFull resolution (236 × 318 pixel, file size: 11 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)George Jacob Holyoake in later life. ... April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... This article concerns secularism, the exclusion of religion and supernatural beliefs. ... A worker cooperative is a cooperative owned and operated by its worker-owners. There are no outside, or consumer owners, in a workers cooperative - only the workers own shares of the business. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area...

At an early age he became an Owenite lecturer, and in 1841 was the last person convicted for blasphemy in a public lecture, though this had no theological character and the incriminating words were merely a reply to a question addressed to him from the body of the meeting. Robert Owen (May 14, 1771 – November 17, 1858) was a Welsh socialist and social reformer. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Look up blasphemy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

He nevertheless underwent six months imprisonment, and upon his release invented the inoffensive term secularism as descriptive of his opinions, and established the Reasoner in their support. He was also the last person indicted for publishing an unstamped newspaper, but the prosecution was dropped upon the repeal of the tax. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

His later years were chiefly devoted to the promotion of the cooperative movement among the working classes. He wrote the history of the Rochdale Pioneers (1857), The History of Co-operation in England (1875; revised ed., 1906), and The Co-operative Movement of To-day (1891). He also published (1892) his autobiography, under the title of Sixty Years of an Agitator's Life, and in 1905 two volumes of reminiscences, Bygones worth Remembering. He died at Brighton on the 22nd of January 1906. Holyoake's papers and publications are held at Bishopsgate Library and the National Co-operative Archive, Manchester The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Brighton is located on the south coast of England, and together with its immediate neighbour Hove forms the city of Brighton and Hove. ... Bishopsgate Library is an independent, charity-funded library located within the Bishopsgate Institute in the City of London. ...

References

• See J. McCabe, Life and Letters of G. J. Holyoake (2 vols, 1908); C. W. F. Goss, Descriptive Bibliography of the Writings of G. J. Holyoake (1908).

External links

• Secularism 101: Defining Secularism: Origins with George Jacob Holyoake
• Collection Description of the Holyoake archive, held at the Bishopsgate Institute, London
• Collection Description of the Holyoake archive, held at the National Co-operative Archive, Manchester, UK

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