Person    | Male  Born 13/4/1817  Died 22/1/1906

George Holyoake

Radical journalist, secularist and promoter of the Co-operative Movement. Born Birmingham as George Jacob Holyoake. He coined the term "secularism" in 1851 and "jingoism" in 1878. He edited a secularist paper, the Reasoner, 1846-61, and a co-operative paper, The English Leader, 1864 -7. Died Brighton.

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