Thaddeus B. Wakeman, also known as T.B. Wakeman, was an American attorney, politician, editor and political philosopher. He graduated from Princeton University.[ clarification needed] Generally ascribed as a liberal freethought philosopher, he was a speaker at the 1878 Freethinkers' Convention at Watkins, New York. [1] He served as president of the National Liberal League[ when?], ran unsuccessfully for Attorney General in the New York state election of 1887, and was editor of the liberal paper Man. [2] He was also the head of the Liberal University of Oregon, later relocated to Kansas City, Missouri. [3][ self-published source]
His daughter Emily Wakeman Hartley founded and managed the Stamford Theatre in Stamford, Connecticut. [4]
References
- ^ The Proceedings and Addresses at the Freethinkers' Convention held at Watkins, N.Y., pp. 373-381.
- ^ Princeton Alumni Weekly, Vol. III, no. 20, p. 300
- ^ Young, Ellen. John Emerson Roberts: Kansas City's "Up-To-Date" Freethought Preacher (XLibris Corporation, 2011), pp. 129-130.
- ^ A. P., "A Woman Who Financed and Built a Theatre" The Theatre (September 1914): 113-114, 131-132.
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Thaddeus B. Wakeman, also known as T.B. Wakeman, was an American attorney, politician, editor and political philosopher. He graduated from Princeton University.[ clarification needed] Generally ascribed as a liberal freethought philosopher, he was a speaker at the 1878 Freethinkers' Convention at Watkins, New York. [1] He served as president of the National Liberal League[ when?], ran unsuccessfully for Attorney General in the New York state election of 1887, and was editor of the liberal paper Man. [2] He was also the head of the Liberal University of Oregon, later relocated to Kansas City, Missouri. [3][ self-published source]
His daughter Emily Wakeman Hartley founded and managed the Stamford Theatre in Stamford, Connecticut. [4]
References
- ^ The Proceedings and Addresses at the Freethinkers' Convention held at Watkins, N.Y., pp. 373-381.
- ^ Princeton Alumni Weekly, Vol. III, no. 20, p. 300
- ^ Young, Ellen. John Emerson Roberts: Kansas City's "Up-To-Date" Freethought Preacher (XLibris Corporation, 2011), pp. 129-130.
- ^ A. P., "A Woman Who Financed and Built a Theatre" The Theatre (September 1914): 113-114, 131-132.
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