Edwin Henry Wilson

(August 23, 1898, Woodhaven, New York-March, 26, 1993, Salt Lake City, Utah). Unitarian Minister and Executive Director, American Humanist Association. Ordained Minister, Unitarian Church, 1928. Pastor, Unitarian churches in Schenectady, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Yellow Springs, Ohio; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Cocoa Beach, Florida. Managing Editorand Co-Owner, New Humanist, 1930-1936. Published "A Humanist Manifesto," 1933. Editor, The Humanist, 1941-1956, 1963-1964. Founding Member, American Humanist Association, 1941, Executive Director, 1949-1970. Founding Member, International Humanist Ethical Union, 1952. Published "Humanist Manifesto II," 1973.

E. Raymond Wilson

(September 20, 1896, Morning Sun, Iowa-after 1975). Pacifist and Executive Secretary, American Friends Committee on National Legislation, 1943-1962. Raised Presbyterian. Founding Member, 1925, and Associate Secretary, Committee on Militarism in Education, 1930-1931. Education Secretary of the Peace Section, American Friends Service Committee, 1931. Joined Society of Friends (Quakers), 1936. Secretary, Friends War Problems Committee, 1940. Executive Secretary, Friends Committee on National Legislation, November 1, 1943-January, 1962. He was the first full-time religious lobbyist in Washington, D.C. Instrumental in protecting the rights of conscientious objectors. Advocate of disarmament, peace, and social justice.

Very Reverend Honorable Senator Lois M. Wilson

(April 8, 1927-Alive). Senator and Moderator, United Church of Canada. Author. Human rights advocate. Ordained Minister, United Church of Canada, 1965. First woman President, Canadian Council of Churches, 1976-1979. First woman Moderator, United Church of Canada, 1980-1982. First Canadian President, World Council of Churches, 1983-1991. Chancellor, Lakehead University, 1990-2000. Independent Senator of Canada, June, 1998-Current.

General Superintendent Reverend Steve Wilson

General Superintendent, Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ. Minister, Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ. Pastor, Bethlehem Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, Potts Camp, Mississippi. General Superintendent, Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine

(January 25, 1928, Detroit, Michigan-July 21, 2007, Essaouira, Morocco). Rabbi and Founder of Humanistic Judaism. Ordained Rabbi, Reform Judaism. Founding Rabbi of the first congregation of Humanistic Judaism, Birmingham Temple, Birmingham, Michigan, 1963-2007. Founder, Society for Humanistic Judaism, 1969. A founder, International Federation of Secular Humanistic Jews, 1986. Named "Humanist of the Year," American Humanist Association, 2003. Author, Humanistic Judaism; Judaism Beyond God; Celebration; and Staying Sane in a Crazy World. Died in an automobile accident in Morocco.

Reverend John Winebrenner

(March 25, 1797, Glade Valley, Maryland-September 11, 1860, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania). Founder, Church of God, 1830. Ordained Minister, German Reformed Church, September, 1820. Pastor, German Reformed Church, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. His revival preaching led to a break with the Reformed Church, September, 1828. Founder, Church of God, 1830. Author, Rivival Hymn-Book (1825), Brief Views of the Church of God (1840), The History of All the Religious Denominations in the United States (Co-Author, 1844), A Treatise on Regeneration (1844), and Doctrinal and Practical Sermons (1860).

His Eminence Thomas Joseph Cardinal Winning

(June 3, 1925, Wishaw, Scotland-June 17, 2001, Glasgow, Scotland). Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, 1974-2001. Ordained Priest, December 18, 1948. Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow, Scotland, October 22, 1971. Vicar General of Glasgow, 1971-1974. Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow, April 23, 1974. President, Bishops' Conference of Scotland, 1985-2001. Elevated College of Cardinals, November 26, 1994.

Right Reverend Bishop Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram

(January 26, 1858, Worcestershire, England-May 26, 1946). Anglican Bishop of London, England, 1901-1939. Curate of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, England, 1884-1885. Private Chaplain to the Bishop of Lichfield, 1885-1889. Head of Oxford House Settlement, 1889-1897. Chaplain to the Archbishop of York, 1889. Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral, 1897. Anglican Suffrangan Bishop of Stepney, England, 1897-1901. Anglican Bishop of London, England, 1901-1939.

Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise

(March 29, 1819, Steingrub, Bohemia-March 26, 1900, Cincinnati, Ohio). Jewish Reform Rabbi. Ordained Rabbi, 1842. Emigrated to United States, 1846. Rabbi, Congregation Beth-El, Albany, New York. Initiated a number of radical changes in the Orthodox rituals and encountered resistance. His congregation split when he admitted that he did not believe in a personal Messiah or in resurrection of the dead. His followers formed a new synagogue, Anshe Emes. Rabbi, Bene Yeshurun, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1854. Founder, The Israelite. Continued to reform Jewish traditions. Established Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1873, Hebrew Union College, 1875, and the Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1889.

Right Reverend Archbishop Dr. Robert L. Wise

Archbishop of the Diocese of St. Joseph of Arimathea, The Evangelical Episcopal Church. Author of 27 books, including 11 novels and a variety of religious works. Teacher. Founding Pastor, Church of the Redeemer, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise

(March 17, 1874, Budapest, Hungary-April 19, 1949, New York, New York). Reform Rabbi. Born Stephen Samuel Weiss. Ordained Rabbi, 1893. Founder, Free Synagogue, New York, New York, 1907-1949. A leading social reformer and Zionist. Co-Founder, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1909. Founder, Federation of American Zionists, 1897. President, Zionist Organization of America, 1918. President, American Jewish Congress, 1925-1949. Advocate of organized labor and outspoken opponent of Hitler and the Nazis.

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His Eminence Nicholas Patrick Stephen Cardinal Wiseman

(August 2, 1802, Seville, Spain-February 15, 1865, London, England). Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster, 1850-1865. Ordained Priest, March 19, 1825. Rector, Venerable English College, Rome, Italy, June, 1828-May, 1840. Titular Bishop of Milopotamo, Co-Adjutor Apostolic Vicar of the Central District, and President of Oscott College, May 22, 1840. Co-Adjutor Vicar Apostolic of London, July 28, 1848. Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster, September 29, 1850. Apostolic Administrator of southwark, September 29, 1850-June 27, 1851. Elevated to the College of Cardinals, September 30, 1850.