Holyoake, George Jacob

Holyoake, George Jacob, an active propagandist of advanced social theories, born at Birmingham; has lived a busy life as an agitator, lecturing and writing; he espoused the cause of Garibaldi, edited the Reasoner; was the last man to be imprisoned in England on a charge of atheism (1841); was a zealous supporter of co-operation and all movements making for the betterment of the social condition of the working-classes; his numerous works embrace a valuable “History of Co-operation in England,” “The Limits of Atheism,” “Sixty Years of an Agitator's Life,” &c.; b. 1817.

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

Holyhead Island * Holyoke
[wait for the fun]
Holtzmann, Adolf
Holy Alliance
Holy Coat of Trèves
Holy Fair
Holy Island
Holy Office
Holy Wars
Holy Week
Holyhead
Holyhead Island
Holyoake, George Jacob
Holyoke
Holyrood
Holywell
Homburg
Home
Home, Daniel Dunglas
Home, John
Home Rule
Homer
Homildon Hill