death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name occupation alma_mater
florida 27 january 1980 fredericksburg , ohio american 27 august 1892 paul blanshard
 paul blanshard author , lawyer university of michigan
paul blanshard

paul beecher blanshard -lrb- august 27 , 1892 -- january 27 , 1980 -rrb- was an american author , assistant editor of `` the nation '' magazine , lawyer , socialist , secular humanist , and from 1949 an outspoken critic of catholicism .
