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John Edwin McGee

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John Edwin McGee was an English historian, notably of positivism.

Logan (2009) describes McGee's 1931 text as a basic but dated source of factual information, "told from the perspective of a true believer."[1][2]

His works included:

  • A syllabus in the teaching of history 1934
  • An outline of English history 1936
  • A crusade for humanity: the history of organized positivism in England, London : Watts & Co., 1931
  • A history of the British secular movement 1948

References

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  1. ^ Logan, Peter (2009). Victorian fetishism : intellectuals and primitives. Albany: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-7661-1. OCLC 316432611. McGee is a basic but dated source of factual information, told from the perspective of a true believer
  2. ^ John Edwin McGee, A Crusade for Humanity: The History of Organized Positivism in England (London: Watts, 1931). 64.