G. J. Holyoake. Papers, 1840-1873.

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G. J. Holyoake. Papers, 1840-1873.

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Microfilm copy of the George Holyoake Papers at the Cooperative Union of Manchester and the Bishopsgate Institute of London.

6 microfilm reels.

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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Holyoake, George-Jacob 1817-1906

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George Jacob Holyoake was an English social reformer. His father was a smith, and Holyoake worked in the foundry, before encountering the socialist ideas of Robert Owen. He became a Chartist and teacher, and also wrote and edited socialist periodicals. Imprisoned for condemning Christianity, he founded the important socialist journal The Reasoner. He also opposed government censorship of the press, and worked for tax reform and other causes. From the description of George Jacob Holyo...