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Born: 1819
Died: 1896
popular Birmingham Chartist and founder of the Christian Chartist Church; son of a coachmaker; studied medicine in Glasgow in 1835 before turning to theology in 1837; attracted to Chartism, 1838, and elected to the executive committee of the Glasgow Chartists, 1839, aged 20; founded the Zion Baptist Chapel in Birmingham, 1840, and ran a large Sunday school; joined middle-class Radical Reform League, 1840; lectured on phrenology in his chapel, 1841; imprisoned, 1842. (MEB; DLB)
| Identifier | 856. |
|---|---|
| Type | Person |
| Source | Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989) |
| PDF page | 258 |
| Printed page | 253 |
| Database ID | 2432 |
856. O'NEILL, Arthur (1819-96), popular Birmingham Chartist and founder of the Christian Chartist Church; son of a coachmaker; studied medicine in Glasgow in 1835 before turning to theology in 1837; attracted to Chartism, 1838, and elected to the executive committee of the Glasgow Chartists, 1839, aged 20; founded the Zion Baptist Chapel in Birmingham, 1840, and ran a large Sunday school; joined middle-class Radical Reform League, 1840; lectured on phrenology in his chapel, 1841; imprisoned, 1842. (MEB; DLB)