Robert Green Ingersoll
1833–99
American orator and lawyer. Largely self-taught; read law for a few months in Illinois; admitted to the bar, 1854. Opened a legal practice with his brother in Peoria, Illinois, by 1858. Attorney-general of Illinois, 1866–8. Well known for his atheist views; lectured widely with a mixture of biographies and agnostic pieces.
Source
ANB
Bibliography
ANB: American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. and supplement. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002.
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