Sherman D. Wakefield

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Wakefield, Sherman D. (1894–1971)

Wakefield was an encyclopedist, atheist, and naturalistic humanist, the husband of Eva Ingersoll Wakefield and grandson-in-law of Robert G. Ingersoll.

He wrote extensively about Lincoln’s lack of religion and other topics related to rationalism. Although not a charismatic speaker, he was a consummate correspondent and collector.

Finding the American Humanist Association's Humanist tame for his tastes, Wakefield edited a humanistic journal, Progressive World, for the United Secularists of America.

Wakefield wroteTheodore Roosevelt and Robert G. Ingersoll as Revealed in Their Letters (1969).

Like his wife, Wakefield was active in New York City humanist activities, becoming a member of the local chapter’s executive committee in 1953.

(See a photo of Wakefield and his wife, Eva.)

{CL; HNS; HNS2; The Humanist Newsletter, November-December 1953; TRI; WAS, numerous conversations}