Richard Congreve
1818–99
Philosopher. Ordained 1843. Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, 1844–54. The leading proponent in England of the positivist philosophy of Auguste Comte. Supported legalisation of trades unions, Irish independence, and parliamentary reform. Member, Royal College of Physicians, 1866.
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ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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