Auteur: J. M. Robertson

Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner (1858-1935) was a British peace activist, author, atheist and freethinker, and the daughter of Charles Bradlaugh. Bonner is most remembered for being the author of her father »s biography, Charles Bradlaugh: A Record of His Life and Work. She was an active contributor to many secularist periodicals including the National Reformer and author of many other books relating to secularism, blasphemy and freethinking. In Penalties upon Opinion she catalogues various trials and cases of blasphemy including the recent revival in blasphemy prosecutions in the first decades of the 20th century. John Mackinnon Robertson (1856-1933) was a prolific journalist, advocate of rationalism and secularism, and Liberal Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for Tyneside from 1906 to 1918. Robertson was best known as an advocate of the Christ myth theory.