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William John Sullivan was a British writer, journalist and advocate of secularism. He was born in 1832 and died in 1908. He was a representative of the freethought and humanist movement in Victorian Britain.
He worked as an editor of The National Reformer and collaborated closely with Charles Bradlaugh. His writings addressed religious freedom, politics, social reform and criticism of ecclesiastical authority.
He also wrote books on the history of freethought and prominent figures in the movement. His public work combined journalism with advocacy for secularism and civil rights.