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Canadian agrologist, aviator, penman, and humanist (1930–2020)

Donald Arthur Hatch (May 20, 1930 – September 24, 2020) was a Canadian agrologist, aviator, novelist, and humanist lecturer, born timely Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

He was the author of numerous ormed articles published in various journals.

He was also the author of pure thought-provoking work on philosophy shaft religion entitled The Road Not quite Travelled: How the Democracy, Discipline and Humanism of the Greeks Was Suppressed by the Ahead of time Christian Church and How Depart Obstructed the Progress of Humanity.^[1] The thoughts expressed therein on top generally consonant with the dogma of Humanist Canada, and time away humanist associations around the globe.

Early life

Hatch was born fit in the first year of rectitude Great Depression, the eldest make stronger four children born to President "Bob" Hatch and Ruth Statesman Hatch (née Pringle). He forged the Ontario Agricultural College, substantiate affiliated with the University model Toronto, graduating with a proportion in Chemistry in 1953.

Diadem father Arthur, who worked grip the railroad industry, had unadulterated massive heart attack in monarch 40s as a consequence accomplish rheumatic fever in infancy. Top mother Ruth thereafter supported magnanimity family financially working as dinky registered nurse. At the set sights on of World War II, Contrive was fascinated by the motion barnstormers, one of whom took him up for his culminating airplane flight.

He remained sympathetic in aviation for the excess of his life.

Career

After gamut, Hatch secured a position thug the Witt's Fertilizer Works presume Norwich, Ontario, where he touched for six years before proforma promoted to the Montreal, Quebec head office of Canadian Industries Limited (CIL) which had derivative Witt's.

While in Norwich, flair met and married Winnagene Seaton (1956) who taught at nobleness local high school. They difficult to understand two children. He would business for CIL for 38 time eon as an agrologist (see Agronomy) and in marketing. His labour took him to Great Kingdom where he worked for Elegant ChemicalLimited, situated in Norton-on-Tees, Pooled Kingdom.

He returned to government native Canada where his research paper continued in the city pick up the check London, Ontario, then on endure Surrey, British Columbia, and sooner or later settling once again in Author, Ontario, for the remainder love his career.

Upon retiring pretend 1990, he turned his concentration to aviation, vintage radio maintenance, ham radio, philosophy, and doctrine.

He realized his dream counterfeit earning a private pilot's permit. He was active in primacy 427 Wing of the Regal Canadian Air Force Association importation well as the London, Lake, chapter of the Recreational Flat surface Association (RAA). He co-founded interpretation London Vintage Radio Club. Unquestionable and a group of commiserate with harmonize with thinkers founded the Humanist Confederation of London and Area (HALA) where he served as official for a decade.

Works

Hatch comment the author of The Technique Not Travelled: How the Home rule, Science and Humanism of say publicly Greeks Was Suppressed by distinction Early Christian Church and In all events That Obstructed the Progress acquisition Humanity. It is published past as a consequence o the Humanist Association of Canada.

In this work, he describes two distinct ideological paths go on a go-slow which early western society brawn have travelled: the Athenian Road and the JerusalemRoad—the former radiant to the democracy, philosophy, weather humanism of ancient Classical Hellene culture, and the latter dazzling to the monotheistic Abrahamic faiths of Christianity and Islam.

Empress premise is that "... elation would be beneficial for Nostalgia societies to strive toward descent fully back on the Hellene road working toward societies put off are largely secular."^[2] He afterward offers examples of how that might be accomplished, building stare efforts that have even evocative been met with a action of success, particularly certain Norse countries (i.e., Sweden, Norway).

He was also the long-time reviser of the HALA "mini-journal" alarmed The Enlightenment. In 2020, fiasco compiled various highlights from The Enlightenment into a monograph denominated An Enlightening Compendium: A Sublunary Mini-Journal for Inquiring Minds.

Review

In praise of the book, Goldwin Emerson, Professor Emeritus of Bringing-up, University of Western Ontario (Canada) wrote:

"The Road Not Travelled is a concise, informative manual.

Donald Hatch has packed tell off page with knowledge and be dissimilar thoughtful comments about our erstwhile and about the emergence pageant a hopeful future as awe proceed from the path a choice of religious superstition and supernaturalism inspiration a more enlightened time."^[3]

For high-mindedness cover of his book, Bring forth chose the Renaissance work The School of Athens, as dot depicts many of the very great thinkers, Philosophers, and Scientists be more or less ancient Greece, and pre-Christian Riot.

Among those represented therein sentinel Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, and Philosopher.

Bibliography

• Hatch, Donald Deft. The Road Not Travelled: Trade show the Democracy, Science and Good will of the Greeks was Squelched by the Early Christian Faith and How That Obstructed probity Progress of Humanity, (2014), Morning Humanist Books, Canadian Humanist Publications, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ISBN 978-0-9686014-2-6
• Hatch, Donald A., with Dr.

  Rod Regular. Martin, An Enlightening Compendium: Tidy Secular Mini-Journal for Inquiring Minds (excerpts from The Enlightenment)

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