Charles Bradlaugh was an English political activist and atheist. He founded the National Secular Society in 1866, 15 years after George Holyoake had coined the term "secularism" in 1851.
Charles Bradlaugh
Bradlaugh by Spy in Vanity Fair, 1887
Bradlaugh's grave in Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey
Bradlaugh's statue at Abington Square, Northampton
The National Secular Society (NSS) is a British campaigning organisation that promotes secularism and the separation of church and state. It holds that no one should gain advantage or disadvantage because of their religion or lack of it. It was founded by Charles Bradlaugh in 1866.
National Secular Society
Charles Bradlaugh, the founder of the National Secular Society.
The Secularist of the Year poster used at the ceremony