Campbell, Alexander
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Campbell, Alexander (1796—1870)
Campbell was a socialist from Glasgow. Upon the death of Combe in 1827, he became a socialist missionary in England, taking an active part in the co-operative movement. He also agitated for an unstamped press, for which he was tried and imprisoned at Edinburgh, 1833—1834.
About 1849 Campbell returned to Glasgow and wrote on the Sentinel.
In 1868 he summed up the opinion of many Owenites: “I am heart-sick of theology, and consider it a great waste of time to discuss the old Book. . . . When I compare the past Freethought platform with the present, it seems to me that there was more real progress made in the past when Robert Owen was propounding the old social ideas.”
In 1867, Campbell was honorary president of the Eclectic Society.
