A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations

John Stuart Mill in his “Autobiography” declares with truth that “the world would be astonished if it knew how great a proportion of its brightest ornaments of those most distinguished even in popular estimation for wisdom and virtue are complete sceptics in religion”. Many of these as Mill points out, refrain from various motives from speaking out. The work I have undertaken will, I trust do something to show how many of the world’s worthiest men and women have been Freethinkers.