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." 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 References 20th-century English historians Positivists English male non-fiction writers