Jane Wynne Willson


Jane Wynne Willson is a British teacher, writer, campaigner and humanist. She is a Vice-President of Humanists UK.

Biography

She worked as a teacher, first becoming actively involved in the secular humanist movement when her oldest child was attending school. She established local humanist groups in Bristol and Cheltenham, and has since been an officer of Birmingham Humanists for over 30 years. She was a member of the BHA Executive Committee from 1966 to 1972, and again from 1988 to 1994, chairing the committee from 1989 to 1992. She was a Chair of the International Humanist and Ethical Union from 1993 to 1996, and its Vice-President until 2002. She has also served as a Director of the Rationalist Press Association. Her mother was the barrister Theodora Llewelyn Davies.

Books

She is best known for her groundbreaking books on non-religious ceremonies, such as funerals, weddings, and baby namings. In particular, these include: