Robert Green Ingersoll
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican lawyer, orator, and politician (1833-1899)
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Robert Green Ingersoll, nicknamed "the Great Agnostic", was an American lawyer, writer, and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought, who campaigned in defense of agnosticism.
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The only known image of Ingersoll addressing an audience.
A political cartoon depicting crowds seeking entertainment by flocking to hear Ingersoll advocate for agnosticism in a theater which is open on Sunday, when the American Museum of Natural History is closed so as "Not to Offend Morality".
Ingersoll statue in Peoria, Illinois.
Ingersoll’s collected works in the Robert Green Ingersoll Birthplace Museum.In their orbit 4
Politicians from United States 6
About this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1833 to 1899 · aged 65
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