Arnold, Ethel Margaret (bap. 1865–1930), journalist, author, and lecturer on female suffrage, was born at Harborne, Staffordshire. No birth certificate has been found. She was baptized at Chaddesley Corbet, Worcestershire, on 26 May 1865, the fourth daughter of Thomas Arnold (1823–1900), teacher and English scholar, and his wife, ...
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Arnold, Ethel Margaret (bap. 1865–1930), journalist, author, and lecturer on female suffrage
Anne M. Sebba
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Banks, Isabella Varley [née Isabella Varley; known as Mrs G. Linnaeus Banks] (1821–1897), public lecturer and writer
Rosemary T. Van Arsdel
Banks, Isabella Varley [née Isabella Varley; known as Mrs G. Linnaeus Banks] (1821–1897), public lecturer and writer, was born on 25 March 1821, at Oldham Street, Manchester, the daughter of James Varley, chemist (d. 1842), and his wife, Amelia Daniels. Her grandfather, ...
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Brayley, Edward William (1801–1870), writer and lecturer on science
J. N. Hays
Brayley, Edward William (1801–1870), writer and lecturer on science, was born on 28 September 1801, probably in Clerkenwell, London, the eldest son of Edward Wedlake Brayley (1773–1854), topographer, and his wife, Ann, née Jones (c.1771–1850). He was educated, together with his brothers ...
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Buckley [married name Fisher], Arabella Burton (1840–1929), popularizer of science and writer
Barbara T. Gates
Buckley [married name Fisher], Arabella Burton (1840–1929), popularizer of science and writer, was born on 24 October 1840 in Brighton, the daughter of John Wall Buckley, vicar of St Mary's, Paddington Green, and his wife, Elizabeth (d. 1889), daughter of Thomas Burton...
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Cahill, Daniel William (1796–1864)
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Daniel William Cahill (1796–1864) by Maclure & Macdonald (after Leon Gluckman) © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Cahill, Daniel William (1796–1864), Roman Catholic priest and public lecturer
Sheridan Gilley
Cahill, Daniel William (1796–1864), Roman Catholic priest and public lecturer, was born on 28 November 1796 at Arless, in Queen's county, Ireland, the youngest of the three sons of Daniel Cahill (c.1754–1836), a civil engineer and allegedly a participant in the rebellion of 1798, and his wife, ...
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Calvert, Frederick Baltimore (1793–1877), actor and lecturer on elocution
G. C. Boase
revised by Nilanjana Banerji
Calvert, Frederick Baltimore (1793–1877), actor and lecturer on elocution, was one of the eight children of Charles Calvert (1754–1797) [see under Calvert, Charles (1785-1852)], an amateur painter and steward to the duke of Norfolk at Glossop Hall, Derbyshire, and his wife, ...
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Caplin, Roxey Ann [formerly Emily Roxey Caplin] (1793–1888), corset maker, writer, and lecturer on health
Sarah Levitt
Caplin, Roxey Ann [formerly Emily Roxey Caplin] (1793–1888), corset maker, writer, and lecturer on health, was born in Canada, the daughter of English settlers; Canadian Indians taught her canoeing and swimming as a child. Probably trained as a milliner, she married about 1835, and by 1839 was living in ...
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Carlile, Elizabeth Sharples (1803–1852), freethought lecturer and advocate of women's rights
Edward Royle
Carlile, Elizabeth Sharples (1803–1852), freethought lecturer and advocate of women's rights, was one of six children born to Ann and Richard Sharples, a counterpane manufacturer, in Bolton, Lancashire, probably late in 1803. The family was pious and prosperous, the children received a good education, and ...
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Chappellsmith [née Reynolds], Margaret (1806–1883), socialist lecturer
Kathryn Gleadle
Chappellsmith [née Reynolds], Margaret (1806–1883), socialist lecturer, was born on 27 February 1806 in Church Row, Aldgate, London, where she was baptized at St Botolph on 4 June 1806, the daughter of John Reynolds, a bookseller, and his wife Sarah. She had at least three sisters and two brothers. She was a staunch Baptist until her early adulthood, when a friend of her sister's introduced her to the ideas of ...
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Clarke, Charles Cowden (1787–1877), writer and public lecturer
Donald Hawes
Clarke, Charles Cowden (1787–1877), writer and public lecturer, was born on 15 December 1787 at Enfield, Middlesex, the son of John Clarke (1757–1820) and his wife, Ann Isabella, née Stott (d. 1853). Isabella Jane Clarke (1790-1867), writer of books for children, was his sister. ...
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Clarke, Cuthbert (1728/9–1790), writer and lecturer on natural philosophy and agriculture
Sebastian Mitchell
Clarke, Cuthbert (1728/9–1790), writer and lecturer on natural philosophy and agriculture, was probably born in Belford in Northumberland, though his origins are obscure. He spent the early and middle parts of his life in the north-east of England; having left Belford he lived in ...
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Coates, William Albert (1919–1993), laboratory technician and lecture demonstrator
Frank A. J. L. James
Coates, William Albert (1919–1993), laboratory technician and lecture demonstrator, was born on 7 November 1919 at 56 Pearson Street, Shoreditch, one of seven children of Francis Thomas Coates (c.1878–1950), a police constable, and his wife, Lilian Martha, née Fenniman (b...
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Cohen, Chapman (1868–1954), freethought writer and lecturer
Edward Royle
Cohen, Chapman (1868–1954), freethought writer and lecturer, was born in Leicester on 1 September 1868, the elder son of Enoch Cohen, a Jewish confectioner, and his wife, Deborah Barnett. His upbringing was more noted for the absence of Christianity than for any positive Jewish features. He attended a local elementary school but was otherwise self-educated. Although an avid reader, versed in ...
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Cooper, Thomas (1805–1892), Chartist and religious lecturer
Stephen Roberts
Cooper, Thomas (1805–1892), Chartist and religious lecturer, was born on 20 March 1805 in Leicester, the illegitimate son of a dyer. His mother continued working as a dyer after the early death of Cooper's father, which indicates that the relationship was more than transitory. Living in ...
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Craigen, Jessie Hannah (1834/5–1899), public speaker
Sandra Stanley Holton
Craigen, Jessie Hannah (1834/5–1899), public speaker, was the daughter of a Scottish sea captain and an Italian actress, names unknown. Though she once remarked that her childhood was spent in London, she also variously claimed roots in Scotland and the north of England...
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Detrosier, Rowland [formerly Rowley Barnes] (1800?–1834), freethinking radical and popular lecturer
Matthew Lee
Detrosier, Rowland [formerly Rowley Barnes] (1800
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Dodds, James (1813–1874), public lecturer and poet
W. G. Blaikie
revised by S. R. J. Baudry
Dodds, James (1813–1874), public lecturer and poet, was born on 6 February 1813 at Softlaw, near Kelso, Roxburghshire, the illegitimate son of Christian Dodds. James was brought up by his grandfather, a member of the Secession church, for whose humble, pious, and proselytizing character he had a lifelong admiration. From his earliest years he showed great abilities, a very impulsive and imaginative nature, and a daring, and sometimes adventurous, spirit. He was enabled through the sponsorship of friends to attend the ...
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Edith Oldham Ellis (1861–1916), by unknown photographer, 1914
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Ellis [née Lees], Edith Mary Oldham (1861–1916), writer, lecturer, and socialist
Lyndsey Jenkins
Ellis [née Lees], Edith Mary Oldham (1861–1916), writer, lecturer, and socialist, was born at Clayton Bridge, Newton, Lancashire, on 9 March 1861, the only child of Samuel Oldham Lees (1832–1879), landowner, and his wife Mary Laetitia, née Bancroft (...
