Edwin Henry Wilson (August 23, 1898 – March 26, 1993) was an American Unitarian leader and humanist who helped draft the Humanist Manifesto.
Wilson was born on August 23, 1898, in Woodhaven, New York. He was raised in Concord, Massachusetts and graduated from the Meadville Theological School in 1926. In 1928 he was ordained and became a practicing Unitarian minister. He married Janet in 1933 and they had two sons, John and Dana.
By 1928 Wilson was the first editor of New Humanist magazine and the first editor in 1941 of the Humanist magazine.
Wilson was one of the primary authors of both the Humanist Manifesto I of 1933 and Humanist Manifesto II of 1973. In 1952, he participated in the foundation of the International Humanist and Ethical Union.
He was named the 1979 Humanist of the Year by the American Humanist Association.
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