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A Short Biography of Thomas Aikenhead

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Thomas Aikenhead

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Mar 1676

Died:

01 Aug 1697




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Prosecuted and executed at the age of 20, the last person in Britain to be executed for blasphemy, 85 years after the death of Edward Wightman, who in 1612, was the last person to be burned at the stake for heresy in England.

The Church of Scotland’s General Assembly, urged "vigorous execution" to curb "the abounding of impiety and profanity in this land.