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(William Rathbone), English Writer, b. Manchester 1809. Educated at Edinburgh university, he became attracted to economic studies and literary pursuits. He was one of the founders of the Manchester Statistical Society, a warm supporter of the Anti-Corn Law League, and author of one of its prize e ays. In ’40 he wrote on Efforts for the Extinction of the African Slave Trade. In ’50 he published his Creed of Christen dom , which has gone through eight editions, and in 1872 his Enigmas of Life , of which there were thirteen editions in his life. He published also E ays on Political and Social Science, and was a regular contributor to the Pall Mall Gazette . His works exhibit a careful yet bold thinker and close reasoner. Died at Wimbled on 15 Nov. 1881.