| Né à Bradenham Hall, Norfolk, Angleterre, en 1849. Mort
Bedford, Angleterre le 19 avril 1916.
Comme un certain nombre de positivistes anglais, il servit dans la fonction publique indienne (comme magistrat), mais il prit une retraite anticipée pour raisons de santé. Membre du South African Conciliation Committee au temps de la guerre des Boers, et secrétaire du Transvaal Committee auparavant. Leader des positivistes de Chapel Street à Londres de 1901 jusqu'en 1904, où il démissiona une fois de plus pour raisons de santé. Pendant ces années, l’assemblée à Chapel Street fut très petite. Milita pour l’unification des deux factions positivistes anglaises. Membre du Comité positif occidental. |
Born Bradenham Hall, Norfolk, England, 1849. Died Bedford,
England, 1916.
Like a number of English Positivists, he served with the Indian Civil Service (as a magistrate), before retiring early through ill health. Member of the South African Conciliation Committee at the time of the Boer war, and the secretary of the Transvaal Committee beforehand. Leader of Chapel Street Positivism 1901-4, before again being forced to resign through ill health. During these years, the congregation at Chapel Street was very small. Advocate of closer links between the two English Positivist factions. Member of the International Positivist Committee. |
| Oeuvres. Europeans and Natives in India , Londres, 1883 ; A New Departure in Foreign Policy, Londres, 1886 ; The Annual Address at the Church of Humanity. The Sorrows of Humanity, Londres, 1901 ; Twenty-fourth Annual Circular Addressed to Every Subscriber to the Voluntary Fund Instituted by Auguste Comte on Behalf of the Priesthood of Humanity , Londres, 1902 ; The Annual Address Delivered to Positivists Meeting at the Church of Humanity. Review and Anticipations, Londres, 1903 ; Notice for the Year 49 of the Positivist Religion, Londres, 1903 ; The Principles of Positivism Presented to an Enquirer in Highly Condensed Form, Londres, 1903 ; Letter to T.W. Bennett Esq , Londres, 1904 ; Table of Descent of Family of Vernon Hugh Schalch, Londres, 1908 ; Counsels of a Mother to her Son and Daughter, Londres, 1885) traduit du français de Mme. de Lambert ; ‘Comte’s Attitude to Socialism’, P[ositivist] R[eview], viii (1900), pp.145-51; ‘Bleeding India’, PR, viii (1900), pp.200-4; ‘Dr. Ingram’s Poems’ ix (1901), pp.27-9; ‘Later Correspondence of Auguste Comte’, PR, ix (1901), pp.217-23; ‘Vauvenargues’ [poème], PR, xi (1903), pp.156-7. | Publications: Europeans and Natives in India, London, 1883; A New Departure in Foreign Policy, London, 1886; The Annual Address at the Church of Humanity. The Sorrows of Humanity, London, 1901; Twenty-fourth Annual Circular Addressed to Every Subscriber to the Voluntary Fund instituted by Auguste Comte on Behalf of the Priesthood of Humanity , London, 1902; The Annual Address Delivered to Positivists Meeting at the Church of Humanity. Review and Anticipations , London, 1903; Notice for the Year 49 of the Positivist Religion , London, 1903; The Principles of Positivism Presented to an Enquirer in Highly Condensed Form , London, 1903; Letter to T.W. Bennett Esq , London, 1904; Table of Descent of Family of Vernon Hugh Schalch , London, 1908; Counsels of a Mother to her Son and Daughter, London, 1885) translated from the French of A.T. de Lambert; ‘Comte’s Attitude to Socialism’, P[ositivist] R[eview], viii (1900), pp.145-51; ‘Bleeding India’, PR, viii (1900), pp.200-4; ‘Dr. Ingram’s Poems’ ix (1901), pp.27-9; ‘Later Correspondence of Auguste Comte’, PR, ix (1901), pp.217-23; ‘Vauvenargues’ [a poem], PR, xi (1903), pp.156-7. |
Oeuvres. A Historical Sketch of Religious Economy, Relative to the Future Race
| Né à Coleraine, comté de. Londonderry, Irlande,
le 22 janvier 1844. Mort à Londres le 21 octobre 1921.
Fonctionnaire consulaire. Élevé comme presbytérien et nationaliste modéré irlandais. Élève de la Coleraine Academical Institution et de Queen’s College, Belfast. Entra dans le service consulaire au Japon en 1868. Vice-consul intérimaire à Yedo (Tokyo), 1869-1870. Servit dans la commission japonaise pour la réforme des prisons en 1871. Secrétaire japonais adjoint à la légation de Tokyo en 1882, et secrétaire japonais intérimaire à la même légation de 1884 à 1886. Juge adjoint intérimaire à la cour suprême britannique pour la Chine et le Japon à Shanghai de 1888 à1889. His Majesty’s Consul-General pour Yokohama, 1902-1914. Servit ou officia comme consul dans tous les ports ouverts du Japon. Prit sa retraite en 1914. L'un des fondateurs de la China Society à Londres. Président de l'Asiatic Society of Japan à Tokyo en 1913. Epousa en 1876 Agnes, fille de Charles Wyclif Goodwin, juge adjoinnt de la cour suprême britannique pour la Chine et le Japon. Reçut l'ISO (Imperial Service Order) en 1902, et la Coronation medal en 1911. Membre du Comité Positif Occidental. |
Born Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, Ireland, 22 January 1844.
Died London, 21 October 1921.
Consular public servant. Brought up as a Presbyterian and a moderate Irish nationalist. Educated at Coleraine Academical Institution and Queen’s College Belfast. Entered the Consular Service in Japan in 1868. Acting Vice-Consul at Yedo (Tokyo), 1869–1870. Served on the Japanese Commission for Prison Reforms, 1871. Assistant Japanese Secretary to the Legation at Tokyo in 1882, and acting Japanese Secretary to this legation in 1884–1886. Acting Assistant Judge at the Supreme Court for China and Japan at Shanghai in 1888–1889; His Majesty’s Consul-General for Yokohama, 1902–1914. Acted or officiated as Consul at all the open ports of Japan. Retired in 1914. One of the founders of the China Society in London. President of the Asiatic Society of Japan in Tokio in 1913. Married Agnes, daughter of Charles Wyclif Goodwin, Assistant Judge at the Supreme Court for China and Japan, in 1876. Awarded ISO in 1902, and the Coronation medal in 1911. Member of the International Positivist Committee. |
| Oeuvres. A Short Statement of the Aim and Method of the Rômaji Kai, Tokyo, Roman Alphabet Association of Japan, 1885 ; A General View of Chinese Civilisation and of the Relations of the West with China (Londres, 1887) et The Positive Science of Morals (Londres, 1908) traduits du francais de Pierre Laffitte ; une série d'articles sur les lois féodales japonaise (1906-1913), et d'autres articles dans les Transactions of the Japan Asiatic Society ; article ‘Bouddha’ du New Calendar of Great Men (1re édition, Londres, 1892, 2e édition, Londres, 1920, trad. fr. Paris, 1895) ; contribua de temps en temps à la Positivist Review sur des sujets tels que la Chine, le Japon, et l’Irlande. | Publications: A Short Statement of the Aim and Method of the Rômaji Kai, Tokyo, Roman Alphabet Association of Japan, 1885; translated A General View of Chinese Civilisation and of the Relations of the West with China (London, 1887) et The Positive Science of Morals (London, 1908) from the French of Pierre Laffitte; a series of articles about Japanese feudal law (1906-1913), and other articles in the Transactions of the Japan Asiatic Society; ‘Buddha’, in New Calendar of Great Men (1st ed., London, 1892, 2nd ed., London, 1920); occasional contributor to the Positivist Review on subjects such as China, Japan, and Ireland. |
| Née le 27 octobre 1851. Morte à Bath, Angleterre, le
6 juin 1916
Écrivain, épouse (et cousine germaine) de Frédéric Harrison. Fille de William Harrison, négociant aux Antilles. Élevée prés de Chigwell, Essex, Angleterre. Frédéric Harrison joua un rôle important dans son éducation avant leur marriage. Elle épousa Frédéric Harrison le 17 aout 1870 au cours d’une cérémonie chrétienne. Elle mit au monde quatre fils et une fille. Partisane de l’amitié entre l’Angleterre et la France, elle aida à donner asile aux communards francais exilés après la chute de la Commune de Paris. Elle participa à la Newton Hall Young Women’s Guild (fondée en 1884). Bien qu'elle souffrit souvent d'une mauvaise santé, elle milita contre les suffragettes et leur campagne pour les droits des femmes. Elle aida son mari, la romancière Mary Ward et Louise Crieghton à produire un Appel remarquable qui parut dans le Nineteenth Century contre le droit de vote des femmes. Membre du conseil exécutif de la Women’s National Anti-Suffrage League. Elle fit aussi de temps en temps des discours pour cette ligue, organisa la première des associations affiliées à celle-ci, et entreprit hardiment un sondage sur cette question dans une partie de Kent . Fit campagne aussi avec le South African Conciliation Committee contre la guerre des Boers. Rassembla et adapta dans le recueil Service of Man les hymnes et cantiques positivistes interprétés par le chœur des femmes et l’assemblée à Newton Hall. |
Born 27 October 1851. Died Bath, England, 6 June 1916.
Writer and Frederic Harrison’s wife (and first cousin). Daughter of William Harrison, a West Indies merchant. Brought up and educated near Chigwell, Essex. Frederic Harrison also played a significant role in influencing her education before their marriage. Married Frederic Harrison 17 August 1870 (in a church ceremony). Had four sons and one daughter. Proponent of Anglo-French amity – helped to provide refuge for exiled Communards from France after the fall of the Paris Commune. Involved in the Newton Hall Young Women’s Guild (founded 1884). Although plagued by ill health she campaigned against suffragettes and women’s rights. She assisted Frederic Harrison, the novelist Mary Ward and Louise Creighton in organising a famous appeal against votes for women that appeared in the Nineteenth Century in June 1889. Member of the executive board of the Women’s National Anti-Suffrage League. She also occasionally spoke for this League, organised its first branch society, and conducted an enterprising survey of public opinion on the issue in part of Kent. She also campaigned and spoke against the Boer war with the South African Conciliation Committee. Collated and adapted, under the title Service of Man, Positivist hymns and anthems performed by the ladies choir and the congregation at Newton Hall. |
| Oeuvres. Dirigea la publication de Service of Man, Londres, 1890, nouvelles éditions publiées en 1905 et en 1908, dont elle écrivit douze des hymnes ; The Freedom of Women: an Argument Against the Proposed Extension of the Suffrage to Women , Londres, 1908 ; ‘Thomas à Kempis’, ‘Bunyan’, Madame de La Fayette’, ‘Fénelon’, ‘Maria Edgeworth’ dans le New Calendar of Great Men sous la dir. de F. Harrison, Londres, 1892, trad. fr; Paris, 1895 ; Ruskin at Venice, Londres, 1906, traduit du français de R. de la Sizeranne ; auteur d’un grand nombre d’articles dans la presse périodique (Cornhill Magazine, Fortnightly Review, Nation, Nineteenth Century, Positivist Review, Temple Bar Magazine, Westminster Gazette) et de lettres au Times aux sujets des droits des femmes, de l’observation sociale, du culte positiviste, de l’éducation des enfants, et de la France. (Son mari dressa sa bibliographie complète, Positivist Review, xxiv (1916), pp.178-9.) | Publications: Edited the Service of Man, London, 1890, further editions appeared in 1905 and 1908 (she wrote twelve of the hymns); The Freedom of Women: an Argument Against the Proposed Extension of the Suffrage to Women , London, 1908; ‘Thomas à Kempis’, ‘Bunyan’, Madame de La Fayette’, ‘Fénelon’, ‘Maria Edgeworth’ in the New Calendar of Great Men ed. F. Harrison, London, 1892; Ruskin at Venice , London, 1906) translated from the French of R. de la Sizeranne; Author of a number of essays to the periodical press (Cornhill Magazine, Fortnightly Review, Nation, Nineteenth Century, Positivist Review, Temple Bar Magazine, Westminster Gazette) and letters to the Times on the subjects of women’s rights, social observation, Positivist worship, the education of children and France (a full bibliography was published by her husband in the Positivist Review, xxiv (1916), pp.178-9). |
Avocat, jurisconsulte, critique littéraire et historien anglais. Elevé dans la High Church. Etudiant à Wadham College Oxford (1851), un ami lui passe le livre de Littré sur le positivisme et lui montre les passages de la Logique de Mill où il est question de Comte. Est aussi influencé indirectement par Richard Congreve. Accepte alors la philosophie de l'histoire et la sociologie de Comte mais reste chrétien, influencé par F.D. Maurice, et politiquement radical, en dépit d'une rencontra avec Auguste Comte à Paris en 1854 qui l'impressionne beaucoup. A Londres, est à partir de 1855 en relations étroites avec Congreve, Beesly, et Bridges. C'est ce dernier plutôt que Congreve qui le convertit vers 1861-62. Se sépare de Congreve en 1878 et fonde en 1881, avec Bessly et Bridges, le centre positiviste de Newton Hall, Fetter Lane. Nommé membre de la Royal commission on Trade Unions, il exerce une influence de premier plan sur la législation syndicale anglaise entre 1868 et 1906. Président du Comité positiviste anglais de 1880 à 1905. Fonde en 1983 la Positivist Review. Fonde avec sir Patrick Geddes la Sociological Society de Londres(1903). L'un des traducteurs anglais du Système de politique positive. Rédacteur en chef et co-auteur de The New Calendar of Great Men (1892, nlle éd. revue par S.H. Swinny et F.S. Marvin, Londres, 1920, trad. fr. par Avezac-Lavigne, Le Nouveau Calendrier des grands hommes), remarquable ouvrage qui développe et explicite le Calendrier positiviste d'Auguste Comte. Son oeuvre d'écrivain a connu un retentissement certain en Angleterre. Ardent partisan de la France lors des guerres de 1970 et 1914 (qu'il est un des premiers à prophétiser dans un article de The English Review, 1913). Ami du président Th. Roosevelt.
Oeuvres. "Mr. Goldwin Smith on the Study of History", Westminster Review, XX, 1861, The Meaning of History, 1862, éd. augmentée, New-York et Londres, 1894, "The Positivist Problem", Fortnightly Review, XXXV, nov. 1869, "Cairnes and Comte", ibid., juil. 1870, "Subjective Synthesis", ibid., août 1870, "Metaphysical Problems", ibid., nov. 1872, "Religion of Inhumanity", ibid., juil. 1883, Order and Progress: I. Thoughts on Government; II. Studies of Political Crises, 1875, "The Religious and Conservative Aspects of Positivism", Contemporary Review, XXVI, 1875 et XVII, 1875-76, "Humanity: A Dialogue", ibid., mai 1876, "Symposium", Nineteenth Century, avr. 1877, "Soul and Future Life", ibid., juin, juil., oct. 1877, "Empire and Humanity", Fortnightly Review, fév. 1880, "Creeds Olds and New", Nineteenth Century, oct., nov. 1880, mars 1881, "Pantheism", ibid., août 1881, "Gambetta", Contemporary Review, mars 1883, "The Ghost of Religion", Nineteenth Century, XV, 1884, "Agnostic Metaphysics", ibid., XVI, 1884, "Correspondence with Herbert Spencer", "The Political Function of the Working Class", "Science and Humanity", "The Present and the Future", "Pantheism and Cosmic Emotion", "Politics and a Human Religion", "Politics and Education", Times, 1884, "Review of the Year", Fortnightly Review, fév. 1885, The Nature and Reality of Religion. A Controversy Between Frederic Harrison and Herbert Spencer. With Introduction, Notes, and an Appendix on the Religious Value of the Unknowable by Count D'Alviella, New York, 1885, The Choice of Books, 1886, "The Radical Programme", Contemporary Review, fév. 1886, New Year's Address to the Positivists of New-York, 1886, "The Bishop of Carlyle on Comte", Nineteenth Century, nov. 1886, New Year's Address 1888, Londres, 1888, "Apologia Pro Fide Nostra", Fortnightly Review, nov. 1888, In Memoriam James Cotter Morison, Londres, 1888, "The Future of Agnosticism", Fortnightly Review, janv. 1889, "The Centenary of the Bastille", Contemporary Review, août 1889, The centenary of the Revolution, Londres, 1889, Oliver Cromwell, Londres, 1889, Moral and Religious Socialism, Byzantine History in the Early Middle Ages, 1900, Positivism, Its Position, Aims and Ideals 1901, The Herbert Spencer Lecture, Oxford et Londres, 1905, Memories and Thoughts, 1906, The Creed of a Layman, Apologia pro fide mea, New-York et Londres, 1907, The Philosophy of Common Sense, New-York, 1907, National and Social Problems, New-York, 1908, Realities and Ideals: Social, Political, Literary and Artistic, New-York, 1908, reprint Salem, Ayer Company Publishers Inc., 198., Autobiographic Memoirs, 2 vol. 1911, reprint New York, AMS Press Inc., The Positive Evolution of Religion: Its Moral and Social Reaction, New-York, 1913, reprint Salem, Ayer Company Publishers Inc., On Society, Londres, 1918, reprint Salem, Ayer Company Publishers Inc., Obiter Dicta, 1919, Novissima Verba, 1920, De Senectute: More Last Words, Londres, 1923, Humanity, 1957, Politics and a Human Religion, Londres, s.d., Science and Humanity: A Lay Sermon, Londres, s.d., non signé, The Industrial Republic, Marriage, The Memory of the Dead, Destination, or Choice of a Profession, The Positivist Library, The Presentation of Infants, Order & Progress, édition préparée par Martha S. Vogeler, Cranbury, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1975, 395 pp.
Introduction à Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, The Philosophy of Auguste Comte, 1903, reprint Augustus M. Kelley.
Etudes. Austin Harrison (fils de F.H.), Frederic Harrison. Thoughts & Memories, Londres, Heinemann, 1926 ; Harry R. Sullivan, Frederic Harrison, Twayne Publisher, 1983 ; Martha S. Vogeler, Frederic Harrison. The Vocations of a Positivist, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1984
Ouvrages disponibles/Available Works
Oeuvres. Auguste Comte: An Address on His Life and Work, Londres, Reeves, 1877, A More Excellent Way, The Moral significance of the Story of Faust, Manchester, Allen, Maxims from Comte's Works, Syllabus of Lectures: The sciences, what they Are, and How they Grow, What Therefore Ye Ignorantly Worship
Oeuvres. Europes's Need and England's Duty, Londres, 1870, Comte's Theory of Man's Future, 1877, Irish Crisis, Dublin, 1882, Comte, the Man and the Founder : Personal Recollections to which are added Portraits, Memorials, and Tabular Selections, Londres, Reeves & Turner, 1891, Comte's Life and Work, 1892.