Thomas Aikenhead, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Aikenhead

Scottish student, last person in Britain executed for blasphemy

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1676

Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 08-Jan-1697

Profession: student, theologian

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Thomas Aikenhead (c.?March 1676 – 8 January 1697) was a Scottish student from Edinburgh, who was prosecuted and executed at the age of 20 on a charge of blasphemy under the Act against Blasphemy 1661 and Act against Blasphemy 1695.
He was the last person on the island of Great Britain to be executed for blasphemy.
His execution happened 85 years after the death of Edward Wightman (1612), the last person to be burned at the stake for heresy in England.