Q:What key details about h. j. blackham can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: harold john blackham -lrb- 31 march 1903 -- 23 january 2009 -rrb- was a leading british humanist philosopher , writer and educationalist . he has been described as the '' progenitor of modern humanism in britain '' . born in birmingham , blackham left school following the end of world war i , and became a farm labourer , before gaining a place at birmingham university to study divinity and history . he acquired a teaching diploma and was the divinity master at doncaster grammar school . joining the ethical union , blackham drew the organisation further away from religious forms and played an important part in its formation into the british humanist association , becoming the bha 's first executive director in 1963 . he was also a founding member of the international humanist and ethical union -lrb- iheu -rrb- , iheu secretary -lrb- 1952 -- 1966 -rrb- , and received the iheu 's international humanist award in 1974 , and the special award for service to world humanism in 1978 . in addition he was one of the signers of the humanist manifesto . his book , '' six existentialist thinkers '' , became a popular university textbook . he died on 23 january 2009 at the age of 105 .
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- death place is hereford , england , united kingdom- caption is harold blackham -lrb- 1974 -rrb-- death date is 23 january 2009- birth date is 31 march 1903- name is harold john blackham- image is harold blackham -lrb- 1974 -rrb- . jpg- birth place is birmingham , england , united kingdom- occupation is writer and philosopher