Higgins, Godfrey, 1773-1833
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found: A letter to the House of Commons on the ... present difficulties and discontents of the British Empire, 1819:t.p. (Godfrey Higgins, Esq.)
found: Sunday mails, 1830:t.p. (Geoffrey Higgins, Esq. of Skellow Grange, England)
found: LC data base, 7/23/87(hdg.: Higgins, Godfrey, 1773-1833)
found: Wikipedia, viewed 17 Dec. 2021(Godfrey Higgins (30 January 1772 in Owston, Yorkshire - 9 August 1833 in Cambridge) was an English magistrate and landowner, a prominent advocate for social reform, historian, and antiquarian. He wrote concerning ancient myths. His book Anacalypsis, was published posthumously, in which he asserts a commonality among various religious myths, which he traces back to the supposed lost religion of Atlantis. He has been termed a "political radical, reforming county magistrate and idiosyncratic historian of religions".)
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1987-09-02: new
2021-12-18: revised
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