Alfarabi. See [Alpharabius].
Algeri (Pomponio), a youth of Nola. Studied at Padua, and was accused of heresy and Atheism, and burnt alive in a cauldron of boiling oil, pitch, and turpentine at Rome in 1566.
Alkemade (A. de Mey van), Dutch nobleman, who contributed to De Dageraad, and also published a work containing many Bible contradictions, 1862; and in ’59 a work on the Bible under the pen name “Alexander de M.”
Allais (Denis de). See [Vairasse].
Allais (Giovanni), Italian doctor, b. Casteldelfino, 1847.
Almquist (Herman), Swedish, b. 1839, orientalist; professor of philology at the University of Upsala. An active defender of new ideas and Freethought.
Altmeyer (Jean Jacques), Belgian author, b. Luxembourg, 20 Jan. 1804. Was professor at the University of Brussels. He wrote an Introduction to the Philosophical Study of the History of Humanity, ’36, and other historical works. Died 15 Sept. 1877.
Amari (Michele), Sicilian historian and orientalist, b. Palmero, 7 July, 1806. In ’32 he produced a version of Scott’s Marmion. He wrote a standard History of the Musulmen in Sicily. After the landing of Garibaldi, he was made head of public instruction in the island. He took part in the anti-clerical council of ’69. Died at Florence, July 1889.
* Amaury de Chartres. According to L’Abbè Ladvocat his disciples maintained that the sacraments were useless, and that there was no other heaven than the satisfaction of doing right, nor any other hell than ignorance and sin.
Anderson (Marie), Dutch lady Freethinker, b. the Hague, 2 Aug. 1842. She has written many good articles in de Dageraad, and was for some time editress of a periodical De Twintigste Eeuw (the twentieth century). She has also written some novels. She resides now at Würzburg, Germany, and contributes still to de Dageraad. As pen-name she formerly used that of “Mevrouw Quarlès” and now “Dr. Al. Dondorf.”