Author name: R.W. Morrell

R.W. Morrell was a prominent figure, writer, and reviewer associated with the Thomas Paine Society UK, known for his deep engagement with Thomas Paine's life, writings, and legacy, authoring reviews and articles for their publications, highlighting Paine's revolutionary ideas on rights, religion, and social reform, and contributing historical materials for preservation. He actively supported initiatives to create a National History Centre for Paine, lending items from his personal collection (like Chartist materials and Paine-related documents) to the Transport & General Workers Union (TULC) for exhibitions.

Age of Reason Writings

BOOK REVIEW: The Encyclopedia Of Unbelief

Thomas Paine Society UK, TPUK 1986 Number 1 Volume 1

I have no hesitation in stressing the fact that this is a very important work, perhaps the most important in the field of freethought published for many years, which will become an essential reference tool not just to those associated with organised unbelief but all serious scholars and researchers interested in the field.

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1780’s anonymous cartoon titled “Le Fameux Empyrique Anglois American” (The Famous English American Empiric/Quack) shows Paine, as medicine man, standing on a podium in front of an audience and promoting his bottle labeled “Union” to a crowd of on-lookers – American Philosophical Society

“The Natural Bent Of My Mind Was To Science” 

Thomas Paine Society UK, TPUK 1980 Number 4 Volume 6

Paine’s fame as a writer on social, political and religious themes plus his controversial activities, has tended to obscure his passionate interest in scientific matters. Paine was perhaps the first person to recognise the critical implications of the growing stream of scientific discoveries.

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The TPNHA Board (now TPHA) from 1894, standing in front of the Paine Monument on North Avenue in New Rochelle, NY. On the right is Thaddeus Wakeman, a freethinker, professor, and noted philosopher, who took the lead in the creation of TPNHA. Also in the picture, in the rear wearing a hat, is Wilson MacDonald, the sculptor of the Paine bust on top of the Monument.

BOOK REVIEW: Freethought In The United States, A Descriptive Bibliography

Thomas Paine Society UK, TPUK 1979 Number 3 Volume 6

Even among the students of social movements there is a wide measure of ignorance as to the extent and influence of the Freethought movement particularly in the second half of the 19th century.

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