Ingersoll, Robert Green

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R. G. Ingersoll

Also: • Ingersoll R.G. •

Robert Green Ingersoll was an American lawyer and public speaker known for his advocacy of agnosticism and freedom of thought. He served as attorney general of Illinois in 1867–1869. His speeches were widely circulated; The Theosophist reproduced extracts from them.

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• CTD article in Russian: Ингерсолл, Роберт Грин

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Contributions to The Theosophist, volume 1

• [quoted - Thomas Paine - rprnt Religio-Philosophical Journal]. April 1880, vol. 1, no. 7, p. 181. ID: 001-0181-01.
• (An Address in defence of the memory of Thomas Paine). April 1880, vol. 1, no. 7, p. 182. ID: 001-0182-01.
• A Wooden God. September 1880, vol. 1, no. 12, p. 301. ID: 001-0301-01.

Sources

• Biographical source.
• The Theosophist, vol. 1 (1879–1880): the cited articles and the volume’s Names of Contributors.
• The Theosophist 1879 - 1885 Reference.xlsx, volume 1 entries; used as a finding aid, with attributions checked against the journal.