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The case of Senor Ferrer: secularist, anarchist and freethinker

Senor Ferrer: secularist, anarchist and freethinker

The case of Senor Ferrer: secularist, anarchist and freethinker

Conway Hall Ethical Society (formerly South Place Ethical Society) has a long history of promoting liberty, ethics and justice, as well as supporting social, political and secular campaigners. In 1909 the Society publicly demonstrated its support for Senor Francisco Ferrer, a Spanish anarchist who used his fortune to promote secular education and campaign for political freedom.

Children’s Ethical Sunday Services at South Place

Children’s Ethical Sunday Services

Children’s Ethical Sunday Services at South Place.

South Place, Moorgate

Illustrations of South Place Chapel, Moorgate, 1924 and Conway Hall, Holborn, 1931

Illustrations of South Place Chapel, Moorgate, 1924 and Conway Hall, Holborn, 1931.

Gora and the Atheist Centre in Vijayawada

Gora and the Atheist Centre, Vijayawada

From even a quick browse of the archive, it is clear that Conway Hall Ethical Society has a long tradition of forging connections with kindred organisations. Included in this illuminating collection is a snapshot about Gora and the Atheist Centre in Vijayawada, India.

Architecture lecture - poster

Ethical Society Lectures

Conway Hall Ethical Society has been hosting and arranging courses of lectures since the late nineteenth century. Here are come early examples of lecture series on offer between 1890 and 1900.

Book plate

Book plate from inside the 1824-1924 Centenary Souvenir Annual of South Place Ethical Society

A beautiful book plate from inside the 1824-1924 Centenary Souvenir Annual of South Place Ethical Society.

Student Humanist Federation

Conway Hall Ethical Society links

As part of the wider Humanist movement, Conway Hall Ethical Society has always forged links with similar societies.

John Stuart Mill

The Conway Hall Ethical Society archive

As well as historic items, modern material continue to be added to the Conway Hall Ethical Society archive.

Marriage certificate

Nineteenth-century marriages at the Ethical Society

Nineteenth-century marriages at Conway Hall Ethical Society.

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