The British Humanist Association took that name in 1967, but had developed from the Union of Ethical Societies which had been founded by Stanton Coit in 1896.
Britská humanistická asociácia (British Humanist Association) nesie svoje meno od roku 1967, no vyvinula sa z Únie etických spoločností (Union of Ethical Societies), ktorá bola založená Stantonom Coitom v roku 1896.