George Jacob Holyoake ( April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the The Gregorian calendar is the calendar currently used in the Western world. A modification of the Julian calendar, it was first proposed by the Neapolitan doctor Aloysius Lilius, and was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, for whom it was... April 13, Years: 1814 1815 1816 - 1817 - 1818 1819 1820 Decades: 1780s 1790s 1800s - 1810s - 1820s 1830s 1840s Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1817 in art 1817 in literature 1817 in science 1817 in music 1817 in sports List of state leaders in 1817 List of religious leaders in 1817... 1817 - Years: 1903 1904 1905 - 1906 - 1907 1908 1909 Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s - 1900s - 1910s 1920s 1930s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1906 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1906), England (In detail) (In detail) Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Official language None; English is de facto Capital London Capitals coordinates 51° 30 N, 0° 10 W Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001... English This article concerns secularism, the exclusion of religion and supernatural beliefs. For other forms of being secular, and perspective on the terminology underlying the word secularism, see secularity. Secularism means: in philosophy, the belief that ones own life can be best lived, and the universe best understood, with little... secularist and A worker cooperative is a A cooperative (also co-operative or co-op) is an association of persons who join together to carry on an economic activity of mutual benefit, in an egalitarian fashion. The principles of cooperation are periodically updated by the International Cooperative Alliance [1] (http://www... co-operator, was born at This article is about the city in England. See also Birmingham is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Jefferson County. The city also occupies portions of Shelby County. Though the population of the city itself is only 242,820 (2000 U... Birmingham.

At an early age he became an Robert Owen. Robert Owen (May 14, 1771–November 17, 1858) was a Welsh social reformer. He is considered the Father of the cooperative movement. He was born at Newtown, Montgomeryshire, in mid Wales, where his father had a small business as a saddler and ironmonger, and there young Owen... Owenite lecturer, and in Years: 1838 1839 1840 - 1841 - 1842 1843 1844 Decades: 1810s 1820s 1830s - 1840s - 1850s 1860s 1870s Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1841 in art 1841 in literature 1841 in science 1841 in music 1841 in sports List of state leaders in 1841 List of religious leaders in 1841... 1841 was the last person convicted for Blasphemy is the defamation of the name of God or the gods, and by extension any display of gross irreverence towards any person or thing deemed worthy of exalted esteem. In this broader sense the term is used by Sir Francis Bacon in the Advancement of Learning, when he speaks... 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.

He nevertheless underwent six months imprisonment, and upon his release invented the inoffensive term This article concerns secularism, the exclusion of religion and supernatural beliefs. For other forms of being secular, and perspective on the terminology underlying the word secularism, see secularity. Secularism means: in philosophy, the belief that ones own life can be best lived, and the universe best understood, with little... 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 dropped upon the repeal of the tax.

His later years were chiefly devoted to the promotion of the cooperative movement among the The term working class is used to denote a social class. The definition of the term working class is controversial, and depends on the politics and period of the person making the definition and on the society being discussed. For example, pre-war British writers often defined class as being... 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.

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

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