1930-2009
Indian skeptic and rationalist, founded the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations, which tours the villages of India to spread his ideas of natural explanations of gurus and fakirs whom he considered frauds or self deceived.
Key Figures in Humanism
George Holyoake
1817 - 1906
British secularist and co-operator. He coined the term "secularism" in 1851 and the term "jingoism" in 1878. Holyoake became the last person convicted for blasphemy in a public lecture, held in April 1842 at the Cheltenham Mechanics' Institute.
