Robert Green Ingersoll

Robert Green Ingersoll was an American politician and orator born on August 11, 1833.

Known for his speeches and essays on secularism and freethinking, he became a prominent advocate for agnosticism.

Throughout his career, he advocated for the separation of church and state, as well as women's rights and other progressive causes.

His eloquence and defiant stance towards religious beliefs earned him the nickname 'The Great Agnostic'.

Ingersoll passed away on July 21, 1899, leaving a lasting legacy in the history of liberal and rationalist thought in the United States..