Headstrong Club

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The Headstrong Club was an 18th-century debating society operating out of an upstairs room at The White Hart in Lewes whose notable members included Thomas Paine [1][2] and Thomas 'Clio' Rickman.

Legacy

A modern iteration of the club, with the same and purpose, was launched in 1987,[3] on January 30, the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Paine.

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.open2.net/historyandthearts/philosophy_ethics/paine_expert.html
  2. ↑ http://www.strike-the-root.com/3/smith/smith12.html
  3. ↑ http://hqinfo.blogspot.com/2005/06/paine-in-net.html

Sir Richard Jolly, UNDP, created The Headstrong Society at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in New York City in 1998. The purpose of the group was to bring experts from U.N. agencies together to discuss issues of the day.

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