Oeuvres se rapportant à Auguste Comte. Genesis of Science, The Classification of the Sciences, to Which Are Added Reasons For Dissenting From the Philosophy of M. Comte, 1864, trad. fr. par F. Réthoré d'après la 3e éd. anglaise Classification des sciences, Paris, Alcan, 2e éd., 1923 ;"Last Words about Agnosticism and the Religion of Humanity", Nineteenth Century, XVI, 1884
Oeuvres. Avec F. Melian et F.S. Marvin : The Making of the Western Mind: A Short Survey of European Culture, Londres et New-york, s.d.
Animatrice du foyer positiviste de Liverpool
Oeuvres. The Voice of the Niniteenth Century. A Woman's Echo, Londres, 1920, Auguste Comte, Thinker and Lover, Londres, 1928
| Né à Salisbury, Angleterre, 1848 ; mort le 1er février
1930.
Avoué. Il s'installa à Liverpool en 1875. En 1878, il épousa Jane Lock, peintre et écrivain charismatique, qui le converit au positivisme. Sa femme et lui participèrent à l’implantation du positivisme à Liverpool. Leader du positivisme à Liverpool de 1908 jusqu’en 1929, il contribua à la création de l’église de l’Humanité de cette ville en 1913. Pendant cette époque, l’assistance à cette église de l’Humanité compta jusqu'à cent personnes. |
Born Salisbury, England, 1848. Died 1 February 1930.
Solicitor. Moved to Liverpool 1875. In 1878 he married Jane Lock, a charismatic painter and writer, who brought him to Positivism. With his wife he helped to establish Positivism in Liverpool. Leader of Liverpool Positivism from 1908 until 1929, helping to start the Temple of Humanity in 1913. During this time, the congregation in Liverpool reached one hundred. |
| Oeuvres : "In Memoriam Henry Crompton: Read at Falkland St. Liverpool in April 1904", MS non signé ; What is Positivism (Liverpool, 1906) ; An Address Delivered in the Church of Humanity... in Liverpool... in Memory of the Life and Work of Albert Crompton(Liverpool, 1908) ; In Memoriam, Hubert Congreve (Liverpool, 1911) ; Humanity (Liverpool, 1914) ; War and the Workman (Liverpool, 1914) ; Social Meetings (Liverpool, 1924) ; Space, the Earth, Humanity (Liverpool, 1924); Glory, Honour and Praise (Liverpool, s.d.). | Publications: "In Memoriam Henry Crompton: Read at Falkland St. Liverpool in April 1904", unsigned MS ; What is Positivism (Liverpool, 1906); An Address Delivered in the Church of Humanity... in Liverpool... in Memory of the Life and Work of Albert Crompton (Liverpool, 1908); In Memoriam, Hubert Congreve (Liverpool, 1911); Humanity (Liverpool, 1914); War and the Workman (Liverpool, 1914); Social Meetings (Liverpool, 1924); Space, the Earth, Humanity (Liverpool, 1924); Glory, Honour and Praise (Liverpool, n.d.). |
| Né à Dublin le 30 décembre 1857. Mort
à Londres le31 août 1923.
Écrivain. Élève de St John’s College, Cambridge, d'où il fut diplômé (Master of Arts) en 1884. Membre de l'English Positivist Committee, et son président à partir de 1904. Membre de la London Positivist Society à partir de 1885, et son président de 1901 jusqu'à sa mort, et rédacteur en chef de la Positivist Review de 1901 jusqu'à sa mort. Membre du Conseil de la Sociological Society, et son président de 1907 à 1909. Secrétaire du South Africa Conciliation Committee, 1900-1902. Trésorier du Nationalities and Subject Races Committee, 1908-1913. Vice-président de l'Irish Literary Society de Londres. Membre de la Branche britannique du Congrès National Indien, et ami des nationalistes indiens (comme Bal Gangadhar Tilak) et irlandais (comme Thomas Kettle). Fit campagne pour l'amitié entre le Royaume-Uni et la France, pour l'unification des deux factions positivistes anglaises (accomplie en 1916), et, pendant la première guerre mondiale, pour l'amélioration du traitement des prisonniers allemands. Président de la Newton Hall Young Men's Guild, Londres. Membre du Comité positif occidental. |
Born Dublin, 30 December 1857. Died London, 31 August 1923,
Educated at St John’s College, Cambridge taking an MA degree in 1884. President of the London Positivist Society and editor of the Positivist Review from 1901-1923. Member of the English Positivist Committee, and its President 1904-1923. Member of the Council of the Sociological Society (Chairman, 1907–1909). Secretary of the South Africa Conciliation Committee, 1900–1902. Treasurer of the Nationalities and Subject Races Committee, 1908–1913. Vice-President, Irish Literary Society, London. Member of the British branch of the Indian National Congress, and a friend of several Indian nationalists (such as Bal Gangadhar Tilak) and Irish nationalists (such as Thomas Kettle). Campaigned for Anglo-French friendship, for the unification of the two English Positivist factions (achieved in 1916), and during the First World War, for an improvement in the conditions of German prisoners. President of the Newton Hall Young Men's Guild. Member of the International Positivist Committee. |
| Oeuvres. The History of Ireland,
Londres, 1890 ; The Day of All the Dead, Londres, 1892 ; collaborateur
de la 1re édition (Londres, 1892, trad. fr; Paris, 1895)
et co-rédacteur en chef de la 2e édition (Londres,
1920) du New Calendar of Great Men ; Rationalism and International
Righteousness, Londres, 1913 ; Sociology: Its Successes and its
Failures, Londres, 1919 ; article "Positivism", in Encyclopedia
of Religion and Ethics, sous la dir. de Hastings, New-York et Edimbourg,
1919 ; The Sociological Schools of Comte and Le Play, Londres, 1921;
auteur d'un grand nombre d'articles dans la Positivist Review et
la Sociological Review.
Avec Philip Thomas, Proposals for Reunion, Londres, 1916) Etudes. G.K. Peatling, Shapland Hugh Swinny. Nationalism and anti-theology in Ireland at the start of the twentieth century |
Publications: The History
of Ireland, London, 1890; The Day of All the Dead, London, 1892;
contributor to the 1st ed. (London, 1892) and joint-editor of
the 2nd ed. (London, 1920) of the New Calendar of Great Men;
Rationalism and International Righteousness, London, 1913; Sociology:
Its Successes and its Failures, London, 1919; article "Positivism",
in Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, Hastings ed., New-York and
Edimbourg, 1919; The Sociological Schools of Comte and Le Play,
London, 1921; author of frequent articles in the Positivist Review
and the Sociological Review.
With Philip Thomas, Proposals for Reunion, London, 1916 Studies. G.K. Peatling, Shapland Hugh Swinny. Nationalism and anti-theology in Ireland at the start of the twentieth century |
| Né à Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Pays de Galles,
en 1854. Mort le 18 décembre 1920.
Fonctionnaire et écrivain. Travailla au Board of Trade (ministère du Commerce) à partir de 1873, principalement dans les domaines des tramways, du gaz, et de l'eau. En 1901 il fut secrétaire d'une commission consultative nommée par le President of the Board of Trade (ministre du Commerce) au sujet d'une législation supplémentaire pour les Light Railways (chemins de fer d'intérêt local). Il fut employé aux Light Railways de 1904 à 1914. Il prit sa retraite en 1914, mais en 1917 il participa à un comité spécial du Treasury (ministère des Finances) sur les affaires navales et de munitions. Il reçut l'Imperial Service Order (ISO) en 1902. Un de ses cinq fils, (Philip) Edward Thomas (1878-1917) fut l'un des poétes anglais les plus célèbres de la première moitié du vingtième siècle. Edward Thomas mourut au combat pendant la première guerre mondiale en avril 1917. Philip Thomas fut animateur de l'Église de l'Humanité, Chapel Street, Londres, de 1909 à 1919, et avec l'aide de Shapland Hugh Swinny, qui était président de la London Positivist Society, il réunifia le mouvement positiviste anglais en 1916. Il fut candidat libéral à la députation pour le siège de Clapham (Londres) pendant l'élection législative de décembre 1918, mais il perdit cette élection. |
Born Tredegar, Monmouthshire, in Wales 1854. Died 18 December 1920
Worked for the Board of Trade from 1873, principally on tramway, gas, and water business, 1879. He was secretary of a advisory committee appointed by the President of the Board of Trade on further Light Railway legislation, 1901. Staff Clerk for Light Railways from 1904 to 1914. He retired in 1914; but in 1917 he participated on a Special Committee of the Treasury dealing with naval and munitions matters. He was awarded the Imperial Service Order (ISO) en 1902. One of his five sons, (Philip) Edward Thomas, was one of the most famous English poets of the first half of the twentieth century. Edward Thomas died while a combatant in the first world war in April 1917. Philip Thomas was Leader of Church of Humanity, Chapel Street, London, from 1909 to 1919, and with the assistance of Shapland Hugh Swinny, who was president of the London Positivist Society, he reunited the English Positivist movement in 1916. He contested the Clapham seat (London) as a Liberal in the December 1918 general election, but he lost this contest. |
| Oeuvres. Auguste Comte and Richard Congreve, Londres, 1910 ; Auguste Comte on Marriage and Divorce, Londres, 1910 ; Positivism, the Religion of Humanity: Our Church and Faith of Humanity, An Opening Discourse, Londres, 1910 ; A Religion of this World, Being a Selection of Positivist Addresses, Londres, 1913 ; auteur de nombreux articles, particulièrement dans la Positivist Review, sur des questions de réforme politique, sociale et religieuse. | Publications: Auguste Comte and Richard Congreve, London, 1910; Auguste Comte on Marriage and Divorce, London, 1910; Positivism, the Religion of Humanity: Our Church and Faith of Humanity, An Opening Discourse, London, 1910 ;A Religion of this World, Being a Selection of Positivist Addresses, London, 1913 ; author of numerous articles, particularly in the Positivist Review, on questions of political, social, and religious reform. |
Oeuvres. "Marvin Memorial Address Delivered at the Herts. Branch of the Historical Association, November 10th, 1945", MS ; The Human Universe, 1952,
| Né en 1879. Mort à Londres en 1923.
Son père était irlandais, sa mère anglaise. Un accident industriel en 1879 alors qu'il n'avait que dix-sept ans le laissa paralysé et muet. Mais il apprit à écrire à nouveau en tenant un crayon entre les dents. Après son accident, il devint membre de l'Eglise de l'Humanité de Liverpool et aussi membre de la London Positivist Society et de la National Secular Society. |
Born 1879, died 1923 in London.
Of part-English, part-Irish descent. When he was only 17 in 1896, an industrial accident left him paralysed and mute. However, he taught himself to write again by holding a pencil between his teeth. After his accident, he became a member of the Liverpool Church of Humanity, of the London Positivist Society, and of the National Secular Society. |
| Oeuvres. Auguste Comte and the Religion of Humanity: a Paper, Londres, 1913: 'Some Passages on Ireland and Other Subjects', Positivist Review, xxix (1921), pp.10-2 ; et d'autres extraits de ses lettres publiés dans la Positivist Review par son ami Hugh Swinny. | Publications: Auguste Comte and the Religion of Humanity: a Paper, London, 1913: 'Some Passages on Ireland and Other Subjects', Positivist Review, xxix (1921), pp.10-2; and other extracts from his letters published by his friend Hugh Swinny in the Positivist Review. |
Oeuvres. Development of Difference the Basis of Unity: Introductory Lecture to the course of the Faculty of Arts and Laws Delivered in University College, London, October 16, 1849, Londres, 1849, "Experimental Science the Basis of General Education", London Student, I, 1868, Address [to the British Association], s.l.n.d.
International Policy. Essays on the Foreign Relations of England, 2e éd., Londres, Chapman & Hall, 1884
Contient : The West, par Richard Congreve, England and France, Par Frederic Harrison, England and the Sea, par E.S. Beesly, England and India, par E.H. Pember, England and China, par le Dr Bridges, England and Japan, par ch.A. Coockson, England and the Uncivilised Countries par H. D. Hutton
Report of a Positivist Service Conducted in Liverpool by Dr. Richard Congreve..., Liverpool, 1880
Religion of Humanity, Londres, 1891
Celebration of the Golden Wedding of Sydney and Jane M. Style..., Liverpool, 1928
London Positivist Society, Positivists Comments on Public Affairs: Occasional Papers, Londres, s.d.