John Edwin McGee explained

John Edwin McGee was an English historian, notably of positivism.

Logan (2009) describes McGee's 1931 text as a basic but dated source of factual information, "told from the perspective of a true believer."^{[1] [2]}

His works included:

• A syllabus in the teaching of history 1934
• An outline of English history 1936
• A crusade for humanity: the history of organized positivism in England, London : Watts & Co., 1931
• A history of the British secular movement 1948

Notes and References

1. Book: Logan, Peter . Victorian fetishism : intellectuals and primitives . State University of New York Press . Albany . 2009 . 978-0-7914-7661-1 . 316432611 . McGee is a basic but dated source of factual information, told from the perspective of a true believer.
2. John Edwin McGee, A Crusade for Humanity: The History of Organized Positivism in England (London: Watts, 1931). 64.