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Charles Bradlaugh

British freethinker and politician

Lived
1833–1891
Also writes as
Iconoclast

Updated September 2026

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About Charles Bradlaugh

Charles Bradlaugh was an English politician and atheism activist. He founded the National Secular Society in 1866, 15 years after George Holyoake had coined the term "secularism" in 1851.

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