have been before official registers of death began to be kept in 1837. He may be the "Robert Wedderborn" who died aged 72 in Bethnal Green and was buried in a non-conformist ceremony on 4 January 1835. Some have located Wedderburn's deism, radicalism, and secularism within a history of British humanism. The Humanist Heritage website recalls that "Wedderburn and others like him fostered a humanist tradition of rationalism, compassion, and tolerance, suffering the effects of blasphemy laws the like of which humanists continue to fight today." Descendants The British Labour politician Bill Wedderburn, Baron Wedderburn of Charlton, was a direct descendant of Robert Wedderburn. References Sources External links Robert Wedderburn - 100 Great Black Britons website Robert Wedderburn - biography A genealogical study: Robert Wedderburn "Robert Wedderburn: race, religion and revolution" in ''International Socialism, 132, (2011) Trailer - The Horrors of Slavery 1762 births 1830s deaths Year of death missing Jamaican people of Scottish descent British deists English people of Jamaican descent English people of Scottish descent Jamaican non-fiction writers Scottish political writers Scottish Methodists Jamaican activists Writers from London English Unitarians Scottish Unitarians Black British writers Black British religious leaders Robert