Richard Bithell
Richard Bithell | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 22, 1821 |
| Died | December 4, 1902 |
| Occupation(s) | Philosopher, writer |
Richard Bithell (March 22, 1821 – December 4, 1902) was an English agnostic philosopher and writer.
Bithell as born at Lewes, Sussex on March 22, 1821.[1] When he was 11, he worked at his father's smithy in Lewes.[2] Due to ill health he later took up teaching. He took courses at the Borough Road Training College to become a teacher of chemistry and mathematics.[2] In 1843, he was appointed master of the British School in Chesterfield. He was transferred to Brighton, Wolverton and London.[2]
Bithell obtained a BSc from London University and a PhD from University of Göttingen.[2] He took interest in philosophy and authored a series of books on agnosticism.[2] From 1865 he worked at the banking house of the Rothschilds until his retirement in 1898.[3] Bithell was a member of the Rationalist Press Association.[4]
Bithell has been cited as one of the few early agnostic popularizers of agnosticism during the late 19th-century.[3]
Selected publications
- The Creed of a Modern Agnostic (1883)
- Agnostic Problems (1887)
- A Handbook of Scientific Agnosticism (1892)
References
- ^ "Richard Bithell (1821—1902)". Oxford Reference. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Grayling, A. C; Pyle, Andrew; Goulder, Naomi. (2006). Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy. Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 331-332. ISBN 978-1843711414
- ^ a b Lightman, Bernard. Ideology, Evolution and Late-Victorian Agnostic Popularizers. In James R. Moore. (1989). History, Humanity and Evolution: Essays for John C. Greene. Cambridge University Press. pp. 285-310. ISBN 0-521-33511-6
- ^ McCabe, Joseph. (1920). A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists. London: Watts & Co. pp. 77-78
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