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United States
Name Place(s) of Residence Comments
Bab,
Herbert J.G.
...
  • 19-- - Born, Vienna, Austria
  • 1936 - Received his Ph.D. in Political Economy, University of Vienna; then became a research fellow at King's College, Cambridge
  • 1938 - Migrated to U.S. and settled in California

Babcock,
Charles L. (Dr.)
Wisconsin
(Milwaukee)

  • 1864 - Born, Manitowac, Wisconsin
  • 1886 - Became interested in Henry George after learning of his campaign for mayor of New York City
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
  • 1927 - Died, 26 February

Babcock,
J.L.
Pennsylvania
(Erie)

  • 1890 - Serving as Secretary, Erie Tax ReformLeague

Babilot,
George
California
(San Diego)

  • 1960 - Assistant Professor of Economics, San Diego State College
  • 1960 - Served on advisory board of Henry George School
  • 1989 - Trustee, Basic Economic Education
  • 2008 - Member, Council of Georgist Organizations

Babson,
Roger
...
  • 1875 - Born, 6 July, Gloucester, Massachusetts
  • 18-- - Graduated, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 1904 - Founded Babson's Statistical Organization
  • 1919 - Founded Babson Institute (now Babson College)
  • 1929 - Forecasted stock market crash
  • 1940 - Stood as Prohibition Party candidate for U.S. Presidency
  • 1943 - Advocated the adoption of Henry George's proposals in his syndicated column
  • 1967 - Died, 5 March

Bachman,
Estella
...
  • 1909 - Novel, The Soul of the World, published with a Georgist theme

Bachner,
George
...
  • 1984 - Elected Vice President, International Union

Bachrach,
David
...

Bachrach,
Louis Fabian
Massachusetts
(Boston)
(Newtown)

  • 1928 - Letter, criticizing editors of Land and Freedom for including too much material unrelated to the Single Tax,
    January-February
  • 1957 - Letter printed, Henry George News

Backman,
William H.
Michigan
(St. Claire Shores)

  • 1937 - Attended Henry George Congress, Detroit, Michigan; 14-16 October

Bachrach,
Louis
...


Backus,
E.
California
(Oakland)

  • 1921 - Distributed over 5,000 pieces of Single Tax literature

Badger,
Clarence V.
California
(San Diego)

  • 1960 - Teacher, Henry George School

Badger,
Sidney
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • 1916 - Letter of sympathy to Marie George, widow of Henry George, Jr., 15 November

Badgley,
Henry F.
New Jersey
(Montclair)

  • 19-- - Served as member of faculty, Henry George School, New Jersey
  • 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
  • 1956 - Died, 8 April

Badgley,
Margaret Tozier
New Jersey
(Newark)

  • 1940s - Becomes director, Henry George School
  • 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  • 1962 - Died, February

Badgley,
R. Douglas
New Jersey
  • 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  • 1962 - Died, 24 October

Baer,
J.M.
...

Bahni,
Fred J.
Illinois
(Peoria)

  • 1870 - Born, Switzerland
  • 1933 - Attended Henry George Congress
  • 1934 - Died (age 64)

Baildon,
Charles H.
New York
(Ludlowville)

  • 1927 - Attended Henry George Congress, New York City
  • 1928 - Letter, regarding Harry Gunnison Brown's article on taxation of agricultural land,
    Land and Freedom, July-August
  • 1930 - Died, 11 October (age 69)

Bailey,
Edward Homer
Pennsylvanai
(Johnstown)

  • 1858 - Born, Indiana
  • 18-- - Entered the newspaper business and eventually became editor of several newspapers
  • 1893 - Became editor of the Johnstown Democrat
  • 1912 - Died

Bailey,
E.O.
...

Bailey,
Florence E.L.
California
(Los Angeles)

  • 1917 - Letter, in support of The Great Adventure,
    Everyman, October
  • 1918 - Letter, Everyman, April, in which she wrote:
    "All the beautiful thoughts spoken at the chapel about Mr. Kuehn were the ones I wanted to say but could not. His acquaintance was to me like the jobs of a prolonged June day, so warm, so tranquil and withal so enlightening and gentle. I am more nearly broken hearted over the loss than I've ever been. I cannot but mourn."

Bailey,
E.O.
...

Bailey,
H.E.
Nebraska
(Omaha)

  • 1936 - Serving as President, Baker Manufacturing Co. and active in Single Tax movement

Bailey,
Jeff A.
California
  • 1890 - Serving as Secretary, Contra Costa County Single Tax Committee

Bailey,
Liberty
...
  • 1932 - Review (unsigned) of the book:
    The Holy Earth,
    by Liberty Bailey; Land and Freedom, September-October

Bailey,
Patricia
Michigan
(Birmingham)

  • 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI

Bailey,
Warren Worth
Illinois
(Chicago)
Pennsylvania
(Johnstown)

  • 1855 - Born, 8 January, New Winchester, Indiana
  • 1863 - Moved to Illinois with family
  • 1880 - Read Progress and Poverty, submitted to his Vincennes, Indiana newspaper for review. Progress and Poverty explained for him why the British version of free trade had not reduced poverty
  • 1880 - Began writing editorials exploring the philosophy of Henry George
  • 1887 - Moved to Chicago, Illinois and helped to found the Chicago Single Tax Club
  • 1888 - Became an editorial writer for the Chicago Daily News
  • 1889 - Attended National Conference of Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York, NY, September
  • 1890 - Serving as member, Committee on Local Taxation
  • 1890 - Serving as President, Chicago Single Tax Club
  • 1893 - He and his brother purchased the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Democrat
  • 1899 - Letter, In Defense of the Single Tax on Land Values
    challenging the assertion by Prof. James Bryce, that many countries have relied on a land tax as proposed by Henry George, The Century Magazine, Vol. 58, No.1, May

Bailey,
Warren Worth
1901-1915
  • 190- - Moved to Pennsylvania; became editor of the Johnstown Democrat
  • 1904 - Member, Anti-Imperialist League
  • 1909 - Serving as President, Cambria County Single Tax Club
  • 1912 - Elected to U.S. House of Representatives
  • 1914 - Reelected to the U.S. House of Representatives; delivered an address on the Single Tax published in the Congressional Record
  • 1915 - Serving as President, Chicago Single Tax Club
  • 1916 - Appointed Chairman of the Sub-committee on Taxation and Assessment, for the District of Columbia. He also introduced "a bill providing for self-government in the City of Washington."

Bailey,
Warren Worth
1916-1920
  • 1916 - Introduced a resolution to amend the constitution to provide a single presidential term of six years
  • 1916 - Unsuccessful in his bid for reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives
  • 1917 - Introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that "provides for the exemption of all improvements in or upon land from assessment and taxation, while the original acts provided for the taxation of land an improvements." From a letter to Daniel Kiefer dated 19 January.
  • 1920 - Unsuccessful in his bid ror election to the U.S. House of Representatives

Bailey,
Warren Worth
1921-
  • 1926 - Elected to the board, Henry George Foundation of America
  • 1927 - Attended Henry George Congress, New York City
  • 1928 - Letter, commending editors of Land and Freedom for a great Single Tax publication, January-February
  • 1928 - Died (9 November)

Bailey,
William R.
Illinois
(Sparta)

  • 1890 - Serving as Secretary, Single Tax Committee

Bair,
Donald O.
...
  • 1974 - Member, Graded Tax League of Pennsylvania

Bakeman,
Robert
...

Baker,
Anna (Nancy)
Mass.
(Concord)

  • 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, California

Baker,
Charles H.
...
  • 1917 - Participated in The Great Adventure conference, Atlantic City, NJ, 13-15 April

Baker,
John
...

Baker,
Newton D.

Photograph
Ohio
(Cleveland)

  • Profession: lawyer
  • 1871 - Born, West Virginia
  • 1890s - Became Henry George supporter
  • 1892 - Graduated, Johns Hopkins University; then moved to Cleveland, Ohio
  • 1901 - Appointed law director of Cleveland (served to 1911) 1912 - Elected mayor of Cleveland; served to 1916
  • 1912 - Article (unsigned), Newton D. Baker,
    The Creighton Nebraska Liberal, 26 July
  • 1916 - Quoted in Collier's:
    "I believe in free trade and I believe in the idea of Single Tax. Yet I am neither a free trader nor a Single Taxer. I don't think any single generation should be called upon to undo the work of many generations. Some changes are best made gradually. As I look at it we may believe in what ought to be, and use that as a port of lighthouse to steer by."


    To which the editor of The Single Tax Review commented:
    "For so much, thanks! Yet, Mr. Baker reminds one of the man in Maine who declared himself 'in favor of prohibition but agin its enforcement'."
  • 1917 - Appointed Secretary of War by Woodrow Wilson
  • 1926 - Letter, expressing regret at not being able to speak at the Henry George Memorial in September,
    Land and Freedom, September-October
  • 1928 - Appointed to Law Enforcement Commission by Herbert Hoover
  • 1931 - Letter to John C. Rose, regarding Henry George;
    Land and Freedom, May-June
  • 1936 - Book, Why We Went to War,
    published
  • 1937 - Died, 25 December, age 66

Baker,
Robert M.
New York
(Brooklyn)
Missouri
(St. Louis)

  • 1862 - Born, April, in England (Bury St. Edmonds)
  • 1887 - First heard Henry George speak and joined the Albany Single Tax Club
  • 1887 - Serving as secretary of the Albany Single Tax League
  • 1890 - Attended National Conference of Single-Taxers
  • 189- - Elected President, Brooklyn Single Tax League
  • 189- - Elected to U.S. House of Representatives
  • 1890s - active in Single Tax movement
  • 1893 - Hosted first meeting of the "Citizens Union," an independent government watchdog organization
  • 1894 - Candidate for the New York State Assembly
  • 1900 - Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (Brooklyn)

Baker,
Robert M.
1901-1903
  • 1902 - Re-elected to U.S. House of Representatives (Brooklyn) but defeated in 1904 and again in 1906

Baker,
Robert M.
1904-1909
  • 1904 - Defeated in his bid for re-election, a victim of the Roosevelt (Republican Party) landslide victory
  • 1905 - Listed as a member of the Manhattan Single Tax Club of New York and a lecturer
  • 1906 - Appointed secretary of the New York City Department of Docks and Ferries, but left after three days after being told he was prohibited from public speaking in his new job

Baker,
Robert M.
1910 -
  • 1910 - Served as Chairman, Single Tax Conference, New York, NY, 19-21 November
  • 1910 - Appointed Field Secretary of the Joseph Fels Fund
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
  • 1931 - Article, "The True Funcation of Money,"
    Christian Science Monitor
  • 1934 - Organizing the Henry George Club of East St. Louis
  • 1943 - Died, 15 June, in Brooklyn, New York (age 81)

Baker,
Scott
New York
(New York)

  • 2007 - Novel, Neitherworld, published
  • 2009 - Article, "A New Form of Capitalilsm is Needed: Geonomics,"
    OpEdNews.com, 4 February
  • 2009 - Article, "A New Form of Capitalism: Geonomics,"
    OpEdNews.com, 28 June
  • 2009 - Article, "Geonomics and the True Cost of Poverty,"
    OpEdNews.com, 29 June
  • 2009 - Article, "Geonomics: What Ever Happened to the Movement Henry George Started?"
    OpEdNews.com, 29 June
  • 2009 - Article, "The End of the Bubble Economy,"
    OpEdNews.com, 31 July
  • 2009 - Article, "Making Our Own Money: Returning to the Constitution,"
    OpEdNews.com, 4 October
  • 2009 - Article, "A Georgist Review of Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story,"
    OpEdNews.com, 10 October
  • 2009 - Article, "Creating a Geonomic Party in New York State,"
    OpEdNews.com, 8 December
  • 2010 - Serving as President of the New York City chapter of Common Ground, U.S.A.
  • 2010 - Article, "The Least Productive People in the World,"
    GroundSwell, January-February
  • 2010 - Article, "The Least Productive People in the World,"
    OpEdNews.com, 20 February
  • 2010 - Article, "We CAN Have It All,"
    OpEdNews.com, 24 February
  • 2010 - Article, "We CAN Have It All, Part II,"
    OpEdNews.com, 6 March
  • 2010 - Article, "Have Conditions in the Laboring Class improved from Henry George's Time to our Own?,"
    OpEdNews.com, 19 March
  • 2010 - Created LVT Comic Book, with art from Common Ground member, Eric Johnson: Tax and the City, located in the files section for downloading
  • 2010 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Albany, NY, 12-16 July, representing Common Ground's New York City chapter
  • 2010 - Work in Progress: a film series on land and the economy
  • 2010 - Novel, NeitherWorld, published

Baker,
Scott
2011-2015
  • 2011 - Article, "Is 'Sleeping with the Enemy' the Same as Sleeping with Ourselves,"
    GroundSwell, July-August
  • 2012 - Attended the conference of the Council of Georgist Organizations, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania; July
  • 2012- Article, "Of Hurricanes and Henry George,"
    GroundSwell, November-December
  • 2014 - Audio, Georgism,
    on RT.com, 25 January
  • 2014 - Interview
    by Andrew Mazzone on Smart Talk. Reprinted from GroundSwell, December
  • 2015 - Book, America is Not Broke,
    published
  • 2015 - Resigned as President of Common Ground NYC, May

Baker,
Scott
2016 -

Baldwin,
Carl (Mrs.)
Illinois
(Naperville)

  • 1949 - Member, Henry George Woman's Club of Chicago

Baldwin,
Charles Gambrill
New York
(New York)

  • 1871 - Born, 19 June (Baltimore)
  • 1892 - Graduated from Johns Hopkins University
  • 1895 - Graduated from the University of Maryland Law School
  • 1929 - Attended International Union conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 1929 - Residing in Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1931 - Chaired Henry George Congress, Baltimore, October
  • 1932 - Serving as member, advisory committee, Henry George School, New York, NY
  • 1936 - Exchanged correspondence with Spencer Heath, 27 October
  • 1936 - Residing in Maryland
  • 1936 - Attended the conference of the International Union, London, England; 1-5 September
  • 1939 - Died, 30 August (age 70) in Baltimore

Baldwin,
F.Spencer
Massachusetts
(Boston)

  • 1903 - On the economics faculty at Boston University

Baldwin,
Henry DeForest
New York
(New York)


Balk,
Alfred
...
  • 1971 - Book, The Free List,
    published

Ball,
Harry R.
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • 1941 - Chairman, Student Promotion Committee, Henry George School

Ballard,
Elsie
Washington
(Vashon)


Ballen,
Roland
Washington
(Vashon)

  • 1989 - Developed a proposal to create local community inheritance corporations

Balogh,
Sandor
...
  • Profession: Professor, Hudson Valley Community College

Balou,
Frank E.
Rhode Island
(Providence)

  • 1920 - Article, Taxation, February:
    "On January 23rd, Frank E. Ballou, representative from Providence, introduced into the State Legislature and had referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary, an act providing that: The electors of any town qualified to vote on a proposition to impose a tax, or the City Council of any City, may by vote exempt from taxation, for a period of ten years and until otherwise voted, all buildings and other improvements on the lands therein, and during the period of any such exemption, the rate of taxation upon the ratable lands therein may be in excess of one and one-half per centum of the valuation thereof."

Ban,
Olga
...
  • 1945 - Serving as corresponding secretary, Henry George School, Hartford, Connecticut

Bancroft,
Caroline
Michigan
(Detroit)

  • 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI

Bang,
Frank L.
New York
(New York)

  • 1957 - Completed a recording of an abridgment of Progress & Poverty for distribution
  • 1961 - Serving on the faculty of the Henry George School
  • 1970s - Became a member of the Henry George Institute
  • 1976 - Deid

Bangs,
Mark
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • 1822 - Born, 9 January, in Hawley, Franklin, Massachusetts
  • 18-- - Graduated from the Collegiate Institute of Rochester, New York; then read law at Springfield, Massachusetts
  • 1850 - Moved to Illinois and was admitted to the bar of Illinois at Lacon, Marshall county
  • 1854 - Organized a state convention held in Springfield, Illinois to found the Republican party
  • 1850s - Campaigned against slavery
  • 1859 - Elected judge of the circuit court, March
  • 1862 - Was one of the originators of the War Time Union League
  • 1869 - Elected to the State Senate
  • 1873 - Appointed by the Governor to fill a vacated position on the circuit court
  • 1875 - Appointed U.S. Attorney for the northern district of Illinois (serving until 1879)
  • 1880s - Became a supporter of Henry George and the Single Tax
  • 1902 - Died, 23 June (age 80), in Chicago

Banks,
Bebe
California
(San Diego)

  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA

Banks,
Louis Albert
...
  • 1939 - Poem, "The Way to Industrial Peace,"
    The New Abolition, September

Banks,
William
New Jersey
  • 1945 - Instructor at Henry George School

Bann,
James
Ohio
(Cincinnati)

  • 1918 - Letter, supporting the Great Adenture campaign,
    Everyman, April

Barak,
J. Franklin
New York
(Syracuse)

  • 1939 - Teaching Henry George class at YMCA

Barber,
Arthur
...

Barbour,
N.R.
California
(Lankford)

  • 1917 - Letter, in support of The Great Adventure campaign,
    Everyman, October

Barbuto,
Richard
New York
  • Profession: attorney
  • 198- - Joins faculty, Henry George School, NY
  • 198- - Elected trustee, Henry George School, NY
  • 1981 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Franklin Pierce College, New Hampshire
  • 1984 - Attended CGO conference, Pawling, NY
  • 1984 - Participated in discussion on "the Crisis in International Debt," at Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Pawling, New York
  • 1988 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Atlanta, GA, July
  • 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Philadelphia, PA
  • 1989 - Photo, at Henry George School, Philadelphia, with Ed Dodson
  • 2007 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, July

Bardero,
John S.
...
  • 1973 - Member, board, Henry George School of Northern California

Bardon,
C.O.
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • 1936 - Vice President, Henry George Fellowship

Barker,
Bret
California
(Los Angeles)

  • Profession: high school economics teacher
  • 198- - Joins faculty, Henry George School
  • 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Philadelphia, PA
  • 1990 - Elected trustee, Henry George School
  • 1993 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Los Angeles, CA, July
  • 2007 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, July

Barker,
Charles A.
California
Santa Barbara

  • Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University
  • 1947 - Paper, "Henry George and the California Background of 'P and P',"
    California Historical Society Quarterly, Vol.XXIV, pp.97-115
  • 1953 - Address, The Followers of Henry George,
    delivered before the American Historical Association, 30 December, 1952; printed in the Henry George News, February
  • 1955 - Biography, Henry George
    published (full text provided of the digital edition republished in 2020 by the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation)
  • 1955 - Review by Ruth Eagles of the book:
    Henry George,
    by Charles A. Barket; New York History, Vol.36, No.2, April
  • 1955 - Review by Broadus Mitchell of the book:
    Henry George,
    by Charles Albro Barker, Political Science Quarterly, Vol.70, No.2, June; pp.286-288
  • 1955 - Review by Theodore Saloutos of the book:
    Henry George,
    by Charles Albro Barker, Pacific Historical Review, Vol.24, No.3, August; pp.316-318
  • 1955 - Review by Ray Ginger of the book:
    Henry George,
    by Charles Albro Barker, The American Historical Review, Vol.61, No.1, October, pp.147-148
  • 1956 - Review by Arthur P. Dudden of the book:
    Henry George,
    by Charles Albro Barker, The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol.80, No.1, January; pp.130-131
  • 1956 - Review by Constance McL Green of the book:
    Henry George,
    by Charles Albro Barker; The Journal of Economic History, Vol.16, No.1, March, pp.79-82
  • 1956 - Review by A.W. Coats of the book:
    Henry George,
    by Charles Albro Barker, Economica, New Series, Vol.23, No.90, May, pp.193-194
  • 1957 - Address, "Discoveries About Henry George,"
    delivered at the Henry George School conference, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY, 12 July
  • 1957 - Banquet speech, Henry George School conference, New York, NY, 12 July [subject not known]
  • 1993 - Died, September 12, age 88

Barker,
Edward
Rhode Island
(Pawtucket)

  • 1890 - Serving as President, Pawtucket Single Tax Association
  • 1940 - Booklet, My Story -- Englishman by Birth, American by Adoption
    issued by the author

Barker,
Harold W.
Nebraska
  • 1938 - Attended Henry George Congress, Toronto, Ontario; 7-9 September

Barker,
Wesley E.
...
  • 18-- - Born, Springfield, Massachusetts
  • 189- - Reviewed Progress and Poverty while acting as correspondent for the Springfield Republican
  • 1893 - Joined the Manhattan Single Tax Club
  • 189- - Elected Secretary of the New York State Single Tax League

Barker,
William (Dr.)
Rhode Island
(Pawtucket)

  • 1890 - Serving as Secretary, Pawtucket Single Tax Association

Barkley,
R.W.
New York
(New York)


Barlor,
R.O.
Illinois
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November

Barnes,
(Prof.)
---

  • 1915 - Delegate to Single Tax convention, San Francisco

Barnes,
Earl
New York
(Martville)

  • 1861 - Born, 15 July
  • 1889 - Appointed Professor of History, Indiana University
  • 1891 - Earned A.B., Indiana University and M.S., Cornell University
  • 1891 - Appointed Professor of Education, Stanford University (thru 1897)
  • 1901 - Lecture, with the American Society for the Extension of University Teaching, Philadelphia (lived in the Joseph Fels residence at 3640 Chestnut Street during this period)
  • 1907 - Book, Where Knowledge Fails
  • 1912 - Book, Women in Modern Society
  • 1915 - Joined Mary Fels on a series of lectures in San Francisco following the Joseph Fels Fund conference
  • 19xx - Quote:
    "The value that attaches to land by reason of its location was produced by the people; it belongs to the people; and if the people are wise to their own interests, they will take it by taxation."
  • 1916 - Attended Joseph Fels Fund conference, Niagara Falls, NY, 19-21 August
  • 1926 - Participated in the Henry George Foundation of America Congress
  • 1927 - Letter to the editor:
    on the Single Tax,
    Land and Freedom, March-April
  • 1935 - Died, 29 May, Hartford, Connecticut

Barnes,
Gaybert
New York
(New York)

  • 1886 - Elected Secretary of an educational program to promote Henry George's ideas

Barnes,
J.C.
...
  • 1835 - Born (became a physician and free mason)
  • 1909 - Died, 23 December (age 74)

Barnes,
Peter
...

Barnes,
William H.
...
  • 1907 - Hired as the printer for The Single Tax Review
  • 1912 - Became a supporter of the Single Tax:
    "He did not yield easily. His Bible stood in the way. For a long time he could not see that individual regeneration was impossible under an unnatural economic system, and taht personal righteousness could not of itself solve the great social question. But when he did see ithe drew from the same Book the inspiration andthe lesson of social justice." The Single Tax Review, May-June, 1917
  • 1917 - Died, 1 April of pneumonia

Barnum,
Richard C.
Ohio
(Cleveland)

  • Profession: Head of Barnum Publishing Co.
  • 1880 - Born, Texas
  • 189- - Attended Hiram College for one year
  • 1920 - Single Tax Party candidate for U.S. Vice President
  • 1932 - Serving as member, advisory committee, Henry George School, New York, NY
  • 1961 - Died, August 27

Baron,
Luella
Michigan
(Detroit)

  • 1969 - Serving as chair of the Committee for Better Cities, established to promote land value taxation

Baron,
Mark
Massachusetts
(Brookline)

  • 1973 - Active in Georgist movement

Barr,
Cyril Charles
New York
(Long Island City)

  • 1944 - Letter, Atlantic Charter Basis,
    regarding free trade and the collection of ground rent, reprinted from the New York Sun in the Henry George News, February

Barr,
Douglas
Minnesota
(Minnetonka)

  • 2011 - Attended the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Bloomington, Minnesota, 2-6 August

Barr,
J.E.
Pennsylvania
(Waterford)


Barr,
Malwin
New York
(New York)

  • 1944 - Letter to the editor:
    regarding Henry David Thoreau's views on ownership of ground rents,
    Henry George News, February

Barrett,
Frances
...
  • 19-- - Earned Doctor of Literature from Carls University, Prague
  • 1941 - Left Italy after 20 years of residence there
  • 1942 - Began taking courses at the Henry George School, New York

Barrett,
Froman
...
  • 1989 - Trustee, Basic Economic Education

Barringer,
Edmund
California
(San Diego)

  • 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

Barringer,
E. (Mrs.)
California
(San Diego)

  • 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, New York, New York

Barron,
James
...
Barron,
Patrick J.
Pennsylvania
(Upper Darby)

  • 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania

Barrow,
F.H.
...

Barry,
Addison K.
New Jersey
(West Caldwell)

  • Profession: attorney
  • 1936 - Studied Henry George; elected to the board, Henry George School
  • 1957 - Serving as Vice President, National Newark and Essex Bank
  • 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  • 1963 - Became trustee emeritus of Henry George School

Barry,
Charles A.
...
  • 1916 - Serving as Registrar, Massachusetts Single Tax League

Barry,
Herbert (III)




ENLARGE

Pennsylvania
(Pittsburgh)

  • 1930 - Born, New York City 1952 - Earned B.A. degree, Harvard College
  • 1953 - Earned M.S. degree, Yale University
  • 1957 - Earned Ph.D., Yale University
  • 1970s - First introduced to Henry George's writings by Dan Sullivan
  • 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Philadelphia, PA
  • 1994 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Fairhope, Alabama
  • 1999 - Chapter ("Psychological Perspective on the Land-Value Tax,") from the book:
    Land-Value Taxation,
    edited by Kenneth C. Wenzer
  • 2005 - Letter to the editor:
    regarding land-value taxation,
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4 June. Reprinted in GroundSwell, May-June
  • 2006 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Evanston, Illinois, July
  • 2007 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, July
  • 2009 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Cleveland, Ohio
  • 2011- Attended the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Bloomington, Minnesota, 2-6 August
  • 2011- Stepped down from the board of the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, June
  • 2011- Letter, Property Taxes,
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 20 January; reprinted in GroundSwell, January-February
  • 2012 - Attended conference of the Council of Georgist Organizations; Camp Hill, PA; July
  • 2013 - Letter to the editor:
    "A Poetic Plan,"
    printed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 3 March; reprinted in GroundSwell, May-June
  • 2013 - Letter to the editor:
    "Maximize Value,"
    printed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 28 June; reprinted in GroundSwell, July-August
  • 2014 - Letter to the editor:
    Millage on Land,
    printed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 20 June; reprinted in GroundSwell, May-June
  • 2014 - Attended conference of the Council of Georgist Organizations; Newport Beach, California, 7-11 July
  • 2015 - Attended the joint conference of the International Union and Council of Georgist Organizations; Southfield, Michigan; 4-8 August
  • 2015 - Letter to the editor:
    Tax All Land,
    printed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 22 January; reprinted in GroundSwell, November-January

Barry,
James H.
California
(San Francisco)

  • 1856 - Born, 15 February, New York, New York
  • 1859 - Family moved to California
  • 1884 - Appointed editor of The Star, San Francisco
  • 1898 - Candidate (unsuccessful) for the U.S. House of Representatives
  • 1909 - Active in Single Tax movement
  • 1913 - Appointed by Woodrow Wilson to the position of Naval Officer of Customs (through 1921)
  • 1918 - Comments on a letter signed by Messrs. Kiefer, Garrison, Stephens and others printed in the March-April issue of The Single Tax Review:
    "It isn't necessary for the San Francisco Star to say that it does not share the peculiar views expressed by Kiefer and his 'non-resistant' associates, but it is necessary to say that the only importance of these men to us and to other Single Taxers is the fact that for some years they have been prominent in the Single Tax movement, and that we hope the Single Taxers of America will quickly and effectively relieve them of their prominence in the movement."

    "The overwhelming majority of single Tax men and women of America are loyal to their cuntry, and the stigma of disloyalty should not attach to them because of the attitude and utterences of a few persons. Those Americans who are not for America in this war are against America, and if there is any difference between against America and being for Germany and Prussianism we don't know what it is. It is distinctly harmful to the Single Tax cause that Daniel Kiefer is chairman of the National Single Tax League."
  • 1927 - Died

Bartlett,
J. Buckley
...

Barton,
George F.
New York
(Buffalo)

  • 1926 - Delegate to Henry George Congress, Philadelphia

Bascom,
John (Dr.)
...

Bashian,
Aram
Mass.
(Boston)

  • 1942 - Elected to board, Henry George Institute of New England

Bassler,
Clyde G.
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • 1940 - Address on the work of the Henry George School, at commencement exercises, 15 December
  • 1969 - Attended Henry George School conference, Chicago, Illinois

Bassler,
Clyde (Mrs.)
...
  • 1948 - Attended Henry George School conference, Chicago, Illinois, 23-25 July

Bassler,
Gustave
New York
(Brooklyn)

  • 1900s - Supported the taxation of land values but not the Single Tax
  • 19-- - Trustee, Brotherhood of the Commonwealth
  • 1927 - Attended Henry George Congress, New York City
  • 1936 - Died, 3 September (age 75)

Bassler,
Ruth Ann
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • 1940 - Address, "Literary Masterpieces of the Ages,"
    to a group of book reviewers, 11 April
  • 1940 - Elected Corresponding Secretary, Henry George Women's Club
  • 1940 - Address, "Women Against Taxation,"
    Henry George Women's Club, 10 December
  • 1940 - Review of the book:
    Into Abdundance,
    by Soren K. Ostergaard; The Freeman, December
  • 1943 - Elected President, Henry George Woman's Club of Chicago (to 1945)
  • 1949 - Elected Director, Henry George Woman's Club of Chicago
  • 1969 - Attended Henry George School conference, Chicago, Illinois

Bastida,
Antonio
...
  • 1862 - Born, in Trinidad, Cuba
  • 1886 - Became involved in the Single Tax movement
  • 1890 - Joined the Manhattan Single Tax Club
  • 1910 - Participated in the formation ofthe Land Value Tax Party
  • 1917 - Participated in The Great Adventure conference, Atlantic City, NJ, 13-15 April
  • 19-- - Retired and relocated to California
  • 1940 - Died, 12 October

Batchelor,
H.A.
Illinois
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November

Bateman,
Margaret E.
New York
(New York)

  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE SECTION ON CANADIAN INDIVIDUALS
  • 19-- - Born
  • 1937 - Completed Henry George courses in Montreal
  • 1938 - Taught her first courses at the Henry George School in Montreal
  • 1938 - Elected to the board of the Monteral School of Economic Science; also became co-editor of the Square Deal, published in Toronto
  • 1941 - Assistant director, Henry George School of Social Science, New York, replacing Edwin Ross
  • 1942 - Address, at commencement exercises, Henry George School, Philadelphia
  • 1942 - Appointed Director, Henry George School in New York (served until 1946)

Bateman,
Margaret E.
1943
  • 1943 - Address, "Education for a Post-War World,"
    to the Business and Professional Men's Club, Paterson, NJ, 29 September

Bateman,
Margaret E.
1944
  • 1944 - Review (unsigned) of the book:
    Whose World,
    Henry George News, September

Bateman,
Margaret E.
1945
  • 1945 - Address, "How to Achieve a Permanent Peace,"
    delivered on radio station WLIB, 5 May

Bateman,
Margaret E.
1946
  • 1946 - Returned to Canada after her departure from the Henry George School in New York

Batt,
H. William
New York
(Albany)

  • 1962 - Earned A.B. in Government, University of Massachusetts
  • 1962 - Served as volunteer in the Peace Corps. in Northern Thailand (Group III, to January, 1965)
  • 1965 - Studied at the Goethe Institute in a small town outside of Munich, Germany before returning to the United States in June
  • 1965 - Served as teaching fellow, Northern Illinois; SUNY-Albany colleges
  • 1972 - Serving on the faculty of several colleges: Siena College, Russell Sage College, University of Baltimore and SUNY-Binghamton (now Binghamton University), through 1981
  • 1974 - Earned Ph.D. in Political Science, SUNY-Albany
  • 1976 - Founder and administrative director of the Central Research Group, maintaining the research activity off and on until 1981, which became dormant from that time until revived in 1995
  • 1982 - Served as Budget Analyst, Department of Transportation, New York State (thru 1983)
  • 1983 - Served as Assistant Research Director, New York State Legislative Committee on Critical Transportation Choices (thru 1984)
  • 1984 - Served as Staff political scientist, New York State Legislative Tax Study Commission (thru 1992)

Batt,
H. William
1991-1997
  • 1992 - Retired from salaried public service to dedicate himself full time to exploring the Georgist philosophy

Batt,
H. William
1998

Batt,
H. William
1999
  • 1999 - Paper, Smart Growth,
    presented at a conference held in Albany, New York

Batt,
H. William
2000
  • 2000 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Des Moines, Iowa

Batt,
H. William
2001
  • 2001 - Article, "Fallacies of the Slippery Slope Argument,"
    The Torch, Vol. 75, No.1, Fall

Batt,
H. William
2002

Batt,
H. William
2003
  • 2003 - Elected to the board, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation (served through May, 2011)

Batt,
H. William
2004
  • 2004 - Address, "Moral Reasoning and Social Structure: A Cross Cultural View,"
    presented to the Albany Torch Club, 2 February; selected for publication in The Torch, Vol.78, No.3, Spring
  • 2004 - Participated in a panel on "Balanced Growth for Albuquerque," at the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • 2004 - Serving on the board, Robert Schlakenbach Foundation

Batt,
H. William
2005
  • 2005 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; August

Batt,
H. William
2006
  • 2006 - Comments on the presentation by Peter A. Diamond:
    Saving Social Security,
    at the Scranton University Henry George Lecture; 13 October 2005. Reprinted from GroundSwell, January-February
  • 2006 - Article, "Henry George Fall 2005 Lecture at University of Scranton,"
    GroundSwell, January-February
  • 2006 - Article, "Critique of Recent Report on New York State Property Taxes,"
    Empire State Report, June
  • 2006 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Evanston, Illinois, July
  • 2006 - Review of the book:
    The Physical Foundation of Economics: An Analytic Thermodynamic Theory,
    by Jing Chen (World Scientific Press, 2005), GroundSwell, July-August
  • 2006 - Comments on the presentation by Michael Kremer:
    Raising Attendance in Schools,
    at the Scranton University Henry George Lecture; 16 October 2006. Reprinted from GroundSwell, September-October

Batt,
H. William
2007
  • 2007 - Review of the book:
    The Social Conscience,
    by Michel Glautier (published by Shepheard-Walwyn); Reviewed in June
  • 2007 - Address, "Development and Wealth,"
    at the conference "Two Views of Social Justice: A Catholic/Georgist Dialogue," held at the University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, 26 July (in conjunction with the conference of the Council of Georgist Organizations)
  • 2007 - Testimony at the New York regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Rules Hearing;
    GroundSwell, November-December

Batt,
H. William
2008

Batt,
H. William
2009
  • 2009 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Cleveland, Ohio

Batt,
H. William
2010
  • 2010 - Presentation with graphics, "Understanding Ground Rent, A Georgist Approach,"
    April
  • 2010 - Elected to the Executive Committee of the International Union for Land Value Taxation, April
  • 2010 - Acted as host for the annual Council of Georgist Organizations conference in Albany, New York, July; agreed to continue to serve on the conference planning committee to assist in the planning of future conferences

Batt,
H. William
2011
  • 2011 - Presentation, "Taxing Land Rents, Now Demonstrable and Feasible, is the Perfect Revenue Source of Government Finance,"
    before the New York State legislature, January
  • 2011 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Bloomington, Minnesota, 2-6 August; moderated panel, "Economic, Ethnic and Racial Divides in the U.S. Economy," 3 August
  • 2011 - Attended conference of the Council of Georgist Organizations, Bloomington, Minnesota
  • 2011 - Paper, "Taxing Land Rents for Urban Livability and Sustainability,"
    in Larry Kreiser, et al. (ed.), Environmental Taxation and Climate Change: Achieving Environmental Sustainability through Fiscal Policy. Volume X in Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation. (Northampton, MA. Edward Elgar Publishers, 2011): 99-110

Batt,
H. William
2012
  • 2012 - Attended conference of the Council of Georgist Organization; Camp Hill, PA; July
  • 2012 - Testimony on: Economic Development,
    Submitted to the New York State Committee; 17 December, 2012; reprinted in GroundSwell, May-June, 2013

Batt,
H. William
2013
  • 2013 - Paper, The Tax Solution,
    presented at Cooper Union Foundation Building, New York; 12 May
  • 2013 - Paper, The Tax Solution,
    presented at Cooper Union Foundation Building, New York; 12 May; reprinted in GroundSwell, May-June
  • 2013 - Attended the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Pittsburgh, PA, July

Batt,
H. William
2014
  • 2014 - Article, Thailand Georgist Lectures,
    at Chulalongkorn University (12 February 2013) and MacFa University (26 February 2013). Reprinted from GroundSwell, March-April
  • 2014 - Attended the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Newport Beach, California; 7-11 July

Batt,
H. William
2015
  • 2015 - Attended the joint conference of the International Union and Council of Georgist Organizations; Southfield, Michigan; 4-8 August

Batt,
H. William
2016
  • 2016 - Article, "Henry George Seminar at Scranton University,"
    GroundSwell, March-April
  • 2016 - Article, "Property Belongs to the Cubans,"
    GroundSwell, March-April

Batt,
H. William
2017
  • 2017 - Review of the book:
    The Nobel Factor,
    by Avner Offer and Gabriel Soderberg, (unpublished), April
  • 2017 - Review of the book:
    Games of Mates,
    by Cameron Murray and Pal Frijters, (unpublished), July

Batt,
H. William
2018-2019

Batt,
H. William
2020
  • 2020 - Review of the book:
    The Mystery of Capital,
    by Hernando de Soto; Robert Schalkenbach Foundation Digest, October

Batt,
H. William
2021 -
  • 2021 - Article, Frozen Capital,
    Robert Schalkenbach Foundation Digest, April
  • 2022 - Died, December
  • 2022 - Memorial service held by the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany, New York, 10 December (a video of this service remains online as of of 20 February, 2024)

Batten,
Beryl
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • 1949 - Member, Henry George Woman's Club

Batten,
Ernest J.
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • Profession: attorney
  • 1916 - Served as Secretary, Chicago Single Tax Club

Bauer,
Anna
Mass.
(Concord)

  • 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

Bauer,
Clayton C.
...
  • 1968 - Article, "Enchantment in Montana,"
    Henry George News, January

Bauer,
Harry C.
Washington
(Seattle)

  • Professor of Librarianship, University of Washington, Seattle

Bauer,
John
Mass.
(Concord)

  • 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

Baumol,
William (Ph.D.)
Mass.
(Concord)

Baurer,
Joseph W.
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • 1939 - Elected to the board of the Henry George School

Baungard,
Henry
California
(San Francisco)

  • 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, California

Bauer,
Joseph W.
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • 1938 - Instructor, Henry George School, Chicago, 28 January

Bawden,
Tom
Michigan
(Detroit)

  • 1857 - Born, 11 January, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • 18-- - Worked for the Grand Trunk Railway as a locomotive fireman, then as an engineer on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad
  • 1891 - Entered the insurance business, then become superintendent of the Yorktown Loan & Savings Co. He then came into contract with the Single Tax doctrine, moved to Detroit and became active in the movement

Baxter,
William F.
Nebraska
(Omaha)

  • 1868 - Born, 3 May, Warren, Rhode Island
  • 1876 - Family moved to Ashland, Nebraska; later moved to Omaha
  • 1918 - Letter, Everyman, April, in which he wrote:
    "The Great Adventure is an inspiration and you can count upon me to increase the encouragement given it in the past."
  • 1919 - Appointed President of Thomas Kilpatrick Co.
  • 1919 - Excerpt from a sermon delivered at the First Unitarian Church, Omaha, 9 March:
    "Men and women, do yu realize the menace? Is it necessary to point out what is going on in the world? Call it bolshevism or what you will, it is approaching at a rapid rate. Will you anticipate, weaken and destroy it by wise, thoughtful, effective and just measures, or will you wait until the hordes gather the strength of desperation and demand their birthright -- the right to life? Impoverished people suffering with the sting of age-long injustice, will not sotp to reason with you, they will not ask why. They will take and take until they ignorantly pull down and destroy the civilization of which you are proud, but the principle of which you have failed intelligently to examine."
    The Single Tax Review, May-June
  • 1930s - Supported the teaching of Henry George classes
  • 1936 - Serving as President, Henry George Club of Omaha
  • 1936 - Address, "Henry George and the Lord's Prayer,"
    delivered at the First Unitarian Church; 24 May
  • 1938 - Died, age 70

Bayer,
James F.
New Jersey
(Newark)

  • 1936 - Elected to New Jersey State Assembly
  • 1936 - Completed Henry George course in New York

Bayles,
Allison L.
New York
(New Rochelle)

  • 1943 - Letter, Henry George News, December

Bazlinton,
Charles
...

Beach,
George N.
California
  • Father of Bessie Beach Truehart
  • 1880s - Became active in Single Tax movement in Texas; organized a conference in Galveston, Texas; founded a newspaper, the Times-Herald
  • 1910 - Moved to Arizona
  • 1930 - Died, while visiting Texas, May (age 72)

Beach,
George N. (Mrs.)
California
(Los Angeles)

  • Mother of Bessie Beach Truehart; grandmother of William Truehart, both active in the Georgist movement
  • 1890s - Became active in Georgist movement while residing in Texas
  • 1939 - Died

Beach,
Harrison L.
...
  • 1909 - Article, Gold Mines in Cities;
    Saturday Evening Post, 26 June; reprinted in The Public, 27 August

Beach,
William W.
...
  • 19-- - Graduated from Washburn University, Topeka, Kanasa
  • 19-- - Earned a masters degree in history and economics from the University of Missouri, Columbia
  • 19-- - Earned a Ph.D. in economics, Buckingham University, Great Britain
  • 1980 - Paper, "Herbert Spencer and Henry George: an Essay on Spencer's 'Drift to Conservatism',"
    presented at a symposium on Herbert Spencer, Notre Dame College, Belmont, CA; 23-26 August
  • 1980 - Serving on the faculty of the University of Missouri
  • 1991 - Appointed President of the Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University
  • 2016 - Serving as V.P. for Policy Research, Mercatus Center, George Mason University

Beach,
Wooster
Connecticut
(Westport)

  • 1898 - Letter, Criticism of the Single Tax,
    New York Times, 7 March. Quote:
    "... a fatal objection to the operation of this plan is the utter impossibility of adjusting the amount raised by this 'single tax' to the amount required for the expenses of the Government."

Beachles,
William T.
...
  • 1923 - Graduated, Illinois Wesleyan University
  • 1924 - Joined the faculty, Illinois Wesleyan University
  • 1931 - Letter, to the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation. Quote:
    "I am deeply interested in the work of your foundation and have been for several years. Your publication, 'Significant Paragraphs', is to my mind an admirable contribution. Each year it forms part of the required reading for all students in my principles of economics classes." Land and Freedom, March-April
  • 1968 - Retired from teaching
  • 1986 - Died (?)

Beale,
W.H. (Rev.)
...

Bear,
Harry (Ph.D.)
...
  • Professor of Philosophy, Mississippi State University
  • Former Teacher, Henry George School, NY
  • 1946 - Ph.D. thesis, Religion in Economics completed

Beard,
Anna
...

Beard,
Charles A.
...

Beard,
Daniel Carter
New York
(Flushing)

  • Quote: "I believe in Henry George. ...I have been a worker for the Single Tax cause."
  • 1850 - Born, 21 June, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • 18-- - Illustrated Samuel Clemens book, A Yankee at King Arthur's Court (with Single Tax and Free Trade illustrations)
  • 18xx - Founded Boy Scouts of America
  • 1887 - Letter, to Henry George, Jr.,
    regarding a newspaper article on an address by Henry George at a meeting in Flushing, New York, 26 December
  • 1890 - Serving as President, Flushing Single Tax Club
  • 1908 - Article by John Leonard, Daniel Carter Beard,
    Men of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries
  • 1930 - Editors of Land and Freedom write that he no longer talks of "his early connection with the Henry George cause."
  • 1941 - Died

Beard,
Donald E.
Michigan
(Dearborn)

  • 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI

Beardsley,
R. H. (Mrs.)
Wisconsin
(Ellison Bay)

  • 1945 - Member, Henry George Woman's Club of Chicago

Beasley,
R.F.
...
  • 1915 - Serving as Editor, Monroe Journal

Beath,
J.M.
Georgia
(Atlanta)

  • 1890 - Serving as President, Atlanta Single Tax Club

Bechthold,
Paul F.
New York
(New York)

  • 1942 - Letter, supporting The Freeman, January

Beck,
Hanno
Maryland
(Columbia)

  • 1988 - Completed HGI correspondence course
  • 1988 - Joined staff, Center for the Study of Economics and Henry George Foundation
  • 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Philadelphia, PA
  • 199- - Founded Banneker Center for Economic Justice
  • 1996 - Article, "You Can Triple Your Impact,"
    Georgist Journal, Autumn
  • 1999 - Report on CGO conference to be held in Gaithersburg, MD, July, Georgist Journal, Winter
  • 2000 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Des Moines, Iowa
  • 2005 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; August

Beck,
John
Washington
(Spokane)

  • 2008 - Member, Council of Georgist Organizations
  • 2009 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Cleveland, Ohio
  • 2011 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Bloomington, Minnesota, 2-6 August
  • 2012 - Address, "Immigration,"
    at the conference "Two Views of Social Justice: A Catholic/Georgist Dialogue" held at the University of Scranton, 26 July
  • 2014 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Newport Beach, California; 7-11 July

Beck,
Leonora (Dr.)
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • Profession: public school teacher
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
  • 1916 - Died (age 61)

Beck,
W.J.
Texas
(Amarillo)

  • 1929 - Reported that the county library had a full collection of Henry George's books, frequently used, Land and Freedom, March-April

Becker,
Arthur P.
Wisconsin
(Milwaukee)

  • 1918 - Born (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
  • 1935 - Graduated, Washington High School
  • 1935 - Attended Wisconsin State Teachers' College
  • 1939 - Received B.A. degree, University of Wisconsin
  • 1942 - Joined faculty, University of Connecticut (to 1944)
  • 1943 - Received Ph.D. degree, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • 1944 - Joined faculty, Eastern New Mexico University
  • 1945 - Joined faculty, Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa
  • 1946 - Joined faculty, Ohio State University
  • 1948 - Joined faculty, University of Wisconsin (to 1963)
  • 1948 - Article, "Some Philosophical Aspects of Economics,"
    Philosophy of Science, Vol.15, No.3, pp.242-236 July
  • 1948-63 - Joined faculty and eventually chaired Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin
  • 1954 - Founded the Economic Policy Association of Milwaukee
  • 1964 - Forward,
    to the booklet, Land-Value Taxation and Contemporary Economic Thought, edited by Arthur P. Becker
  • 1960s - Chairman, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
  • 1971 - Review by Milton Taylor of the book:
    Land and Building Taxes,
    edited by Arthur Becker; Journal of Developing Areas; October
  • 1973 - Participated in the Conference on the Property Tax, Toronto, Ontario, 4-7 July
  • 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
  • 1978 - Died, 17 November

Becker,
Harold
Nebraska
(Omaha)

  • 1937 - Serving as President, Henry George Fellowship
  • 1938 - Attended Henry George Congress, Toronto, 7-9 September

Becker,
Helen C.
California
(Alameda)

  • 1930 - Paper, "What it Means to be a Georgist,"
    presented at Henry George Congress, San Francisco, September

Becker,
Lawrence (Judge)
Illinois
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November

Becker,
Leo
...
  • 1973 - Served on board, Henry George School of Northern California

Becker,
W. Russell
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • 1938 - Instructor, Henry George School

Beckett,
Cyrus F.
Nebraska
(Omaha)

  • 1890 - Serving as Secretary, Omaha Single Tax Club

Beckius,
Matthew
Penna.
(Trappe)

  • 1994 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Fairhope, Alabama

Beckman,
Theodore C.
...
  • 1997 - Serving on board, Henry George School, Chicago, and as Treasurer

Beckwith,
Fred
Colorado
(Longmont)

  • 1890s - Became active Single Tax supporter, thru Joseph Wolfe

Beckwith,
Loring D.
California
(Stockton)

  • 1898 - First involved in Single Tax movement
  • 1900-01 - Secretary, Chicago Single Tax Club
  • 1918 - Letter, Everyman, March, in which he wrote:
    "It is a constant surprise to discover how many one mets who are already largely or wholly won over to single tax. It is equally astonishing to note how easy it is to win other others. This condition here on the coast is party due to the leaven of the Canadian coast and to our necessity of competing with them for prospective residents; partly to the fact that in a state of mountains and rich valleys, old and large land grants are especially conspicuous and hence preach their warning in unescapable language. With the war conditions coming on top of these local conditions, the Single Taxers of the world have the greatest opportunity of history to exemplify their teaching."
  • 1920s - Friend of Oscar Geiger; contributed to founding of the Henry George School
  • 1926 - Letter, on disappearance of Georgist proposals on California ballot,
    Land and Freedom, November-December
  • 1926 - Editor, Stockton Forum
  • 1929 - Came to New York City to teach
  • 1930 - Paper, "The Freest Paper in America, and What it Has Accomplished,"
    presented at the Henry George Congress, San Francisco

Beckwith,
Loring D.
1931-1935
  • 1931 - Elected to the National Advisory Committee, Henry George Foundation of America
  • 1932 - Serving as member, advisory committee, Henry George School, New York, NY

Beckwith,
Loring D.
1936-1940
  • 1936 - Letter, regarding achieving Henry George's reforms by "the political method."
    Land and Freedom, May-June
  • 1937 - Attended Henry George Congress, Detroit, Michigan; 14-16 October

Beckwith,
Loring D.
1941-
  • 1941 - Exchanged letters with Spencer Heath
  • 1942 - Book, The Answer,
    published by Forum Publishing Co. The following accouncement appeared in The Freeman of December 1941:
    "This book deals with economic theory from the Georgist point of view, and understakes to demonstrate that economics is as exact a science as any other. By resort to natural law, says Mr. Geckwith, we should be able to solve social problems as we solve shop problems."
  • 1942 - Review by P.C. Evers of the Book: The Answer,
    by L.D. Beckwith, The Freedom, January

Bedichek,
Roy
...
  • 1878 - Born, 27 June, Cass County, Illinois
  • 1898 - Entered University of Texas, Austin (graduated 1903)
  • 190x - Became involved with the Single Tax League
  • 1917 - Appointed director of University of Texas Interscholastic League; became a naturalist
  • 1947 - Book, Adventures With a Texas Naturalist,
    published
  • 1959 - Died

Bedrosian,
Celak
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • 1949 - Member, Henry George Woman's Club

Beebe,
Lucius
...

Beecher,
Asher George
Penna.
(Warren)

  • 1922 - Article, The Single Tax Review, July-August:
    "Rental value is theuse-value of land; so-called selling value is merely the market value of the franchise to appropriate (ground) rent, interest, and rate of tax. To turn a part of all of (ground) rent into government revenue, is a very simple matter, but to undertake to do this by taxing a law-made privilege instead of rental value, creates a confusion of taxable values that complicates the collection of the tax on rent and makes the results of such an attempt very uncertain."
  • 1926 - Subscriber to Land and Freedom
  • 1928 - Published, Truth Seeker
  • 1937 - Died, November

Beecher,
Henry Ward
...

Beecker,
Walter
...

Beeler,
Samuel L.
...

Beeson,
Glen (Jr.)
Penna.
(Allegheny Co.)

  • 1974 - Member, Graded Tax League of Pennsylvania

Beers,
Eli
...
  • 1856 - Born, 12 June, in Bridgewater, Connecticut
  • 1889 - Graduated from Yale Divinity School
  • 1893 - Attended Emerson College of Oratory, Boston
  • 1904 - Studied economics in Boston (to 1908)
  • 1919 - Book, The Dangers of Plutocracy or Wholesale Robbery,
    published
  • 1923 - Book, Our Economics System,
    published
  • 1946 - Died, 24 April, in Pasadena, California

Beggs,
Thomas P.
New York
(Brooklyn)

  • His home was a gathering place for Single Taxers
  • 1927 - Attended Henry George Congress, New York City
  • 1930 - Died

Bein,
W.F.
Ohio
(Cleveland)

  • 1889 - Lecture, "Georgism vs. Socialism,"
    delivered, 29 June

Bejack,
L.D.
...
  • 1932 - Delegate to Henry George Congress, Memphis

Bejarano,
Jose Miguel
New York
(New York)

  • 1927 - Attended Henry George Congress, New York City

Bekins,
Martin
California
(Los Angeles)

  • 1917 - Letter, in support of The Great Adventure campaign,
    Everyman, October

Bell,
Bernard
...

Bell,
David
New York
(Monticello)

  • 1953 - Moved to Sullivan County, New York
  • 1971 - Wrote articles for Republic Watchman on Henry George's single tax theory
  • 1971 - Article, "Tax System Abets Poor Housing, Urban Decay,"
    Times Herald Record, 10 January

Bell,
deWitt Clinton
New York
(New York)

  • 1939 - Serving as instructor, Henry George School, New York, NY
  • 1939 - Attended Henry George Congress, New York, NY; 29 August - 4 September
  • 1939 - Served as Chairman, Henry George Centennary, Hotel Commodore, New York, 30 August - 2 September
  • 1939 - Organized Henry George class in Radburn, New Jersey; began in October

Bell,
Drummond
Connecticut
(Bridgeport)

  • 1957 - Letter. regarding the Henry George School's "Commerce and Industry Program"
    received from John L. Monroe; he developed a "100-letter" campaign

Bell,
Edward W.
New Jersey
(Clifton)

  • Son of Stephen Bell
  • 1937 - Serving as Secretary, Henry George School extension, Clifton

Bell,
James A.
Indiana
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November

Bell,
Stephen
New Jersey
(Clifton)

  • 1864 - Born, Port Jervis, New York, 22 February
  • 1894 - First introduced to the writings of Henry George and worked on Henry George's 1897 mayoral campaign
  • 1917 - Joined editorial staff, Commerce and Finance
  • 1927 - Attended Henry George Congress, New York City
  • 1927 - Residing in Clifton, New Jersey
  • 1929 - Article, Progress and Poverty
    (a new edition), by Henry George Land and Freedom, November-December

Bell,
Stephen
1931-1935
  • 1932 - Serving as member, advisory committee, Henry George School, New York, NY
  • 1933 - Letter, reviewing George Raymond Geiger's book, The Philosophy of Henry George,
    Land and Freedom, July-August. He suggests the followers of Henry George are the true socialists, not those who followed Marx
  • 193- - Developed and taught course at the Henry George School using Protection or Free Trade
  • 1935 - Attended Henry George Congress, New York, NY; September
  • 1935 - Address (PDF format), The Importance of Free Trade,
    at the Henry George Congress, New York, New York, September; reprinted in Land and Freedom, September-October

Bell,
Stephen
1936-1940
  • 1937 - Serving as an instructor, Clifton, NJ extension, Henry George School
  • 1937 - Serving as foreign editor, Commerce and Finance

Bell,
Stephen
1941-
  • 1945 - Died, 1 July, age 81

Bellamy,
Charles
Massachusetts
(Boston)


Bellangee,
James
Illinois
(Des Plaines)

  • 1844 - born, Dover, Illinois
  • 18-- - Graduated from University of Michigan
  • 1869-73 - Taught architectural and mechanical drawing at University of Illinois
  • 1874 - - Professor at Nebraska State Normal School
  • 1887 - Became chairman, Greenback Party state committee
  • 1891 - President, Des Moines Single Tax Club (founded that year)
  • 1894 - Charter member, The Fairhope Industrial Association
  • 1915 - Died, August (from burns during a fire in Fairhope, Alabama)
  • 1915 - Article, Golden Maxims,
    The Single Tax Review, November-December

Belliak,
Irma
New York
(New York)

  • 1967 - Attended Henry George School conference, Montreal, Quebec, July

Bellin,
David
...

Bellis,
Frances
Michigan
(Birmingham)

  • 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI

Benjamin,
Sanford
...

Bellush,
Bernard (Prof.)
New York
(Great Neck Estates)

  • 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, New York, Newe York

Belonogoff,
Antoinette
...
  • 1973 - Served on board, Henry George School of Northern California

Bemis,
Edward
...
  • Graduate, Johns Hopkins University
  • 1955 - Comment by Charles Albro Barker (Henry George, 1955, p.557):
    "...Bemis made a study of all of George's books and of his writings in the early Standard. ...Bemis admitted that he agreed 'fully with George, as did Mill, and as do all economists', about the justice of land-value taxation, but he felt that the practical objections were overwhelming."

Ben Israel,
Naham
Ohio
(Cleveland)

  • 1935 - Letter, responding to Harold Buttenheim,
    Land and Freedom, July-August. Quote:
    "...after you have brushed aside all of the trappings the philosophy of Henry George reduces itself to this: Let not the community take from the individual that which the individual creates. Let not the individual take from the community that which the community creates."

Bendel,
Joseph J. (Jr.)
Pennsylvania
(McKeesport)

  • 1931 - Born
  • 195x - Graduated, University of Pittsburgh
  • 1980 - Introduced measure to adopt 2-rate property tax
  • 1982 - Attended annual Georgist conference, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA, 16-19 July
  • 1993 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Los Angeles, CA, July
  • 1995 - Elected mayor, McKeesport
  • 2003 - Died

Benedict,
Harold W.
New York
(Auburn)
(Campbell Hall)

  • 1890 - Serving as Secretary, Auburn Single Tax Club
  • 1927 - Attended Henry George Congress, New York City
  • 1927 - Residing in Campbell Hall, New York
  • 1932 - Elected General Secretary, Henry George School, New York
  • 1934 - Died, 7 January (age 70)

Benedict,
Ivan H.
...

Bender,
H.S.
Pennsylvania
(Johnstown)

  • Profession: professor
  • 190- - Became ardent supporter of the Single Tax
  • 1927 - Candidate for Mayor of Johnstown on the Democratic Party ticket

Bengough,
John Wilson
...

BENJAMIN BANNEKER CENTER ...
  • 199- - Established, Hanno Beck, Director

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN RESEARCH SOCIETY ...

Benjamin,
Sanford J.
New York
(New York)


Bennett,
Albert R.
New Jersey
(Summit)

  • 1964 - Completed courses at Henry George School, New Jersey
  • 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
  • 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, New York, NY
  • 1981 - Letter printed, Georgist Journal, Spring
  • 1982 - Attended annual Georgist Conference, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA, 16-19 July
  • 2004 - Died

Bennett,
Alice
...

Bennett,
Charles G.
Indiana
(Evansville)

  • 1890 - Member, State Executive Committee, Indiana Single Tax League
  • 1890 - Serving as Secretary, Evansville Single Tax Association

Bennett,
Dori
New York
(Middletown)

  • 1994 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Fairhope, Alabama

Bennett,
John E.
...

Bennett,
Robert S.
...

Benny,
Adam
Penna.
Lebanon

  • 1890 - Serving as President, Lebanon Single Tax and Land Club

Benny,
Allan
New Jersey


Benson,
Donald S.
New Jersey
(Trenton)

  • 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Benson,
Grace
California
(San Francisco)

  • 1958 - Attended Henry George School conference, San Diego, CA

Benson,
Joel
...

Benton,
Unia Louise
New York
(Auburn)

  • 1926 - Delegate to Henry George Congress, Philadelphia

Benton,
Robert D.
Ohio
(Columbus)
Michigan
(Detroit)

  • 1916 - Born (Licking County)
  • 1942 - Entered military service
  • 1948 - Helped establish new extension of Henry George School, Columbus, Ohio
  • 1950 - Appointed director, Henry George School, Detroit, Michigan
  • 1950 - Attended Henry George School conference, St. Louis, Missouri, 13-16 July
  • 1951 - Attended Henry George School conference, Los Angeles, 19-22 July
  • 1953 - Attended Henry George School conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 2-4 July
  • 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
  • 1956 - Participated in a panel on money and credit, Henry George School conference, Harcum Junior College, Bryn Mawr, PA; July
  • 1957 - Article, "Five Controversial Points,"
    Henry George News, August
  • 1957- Address, "Our Controversial Economics,"
    at the Henry George conference, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY; 6-12 July
  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
  • 1959 - Paper, Monetary Inflation,
    presented at the Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  • 1959 - Attended International Union conference, Hanover, West Germany
  • 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI
  • 1961 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Hartford, Connecticut
  • 1962 - Moved to Detroit, Michigan from Delaware
  • 1962 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA
  • 1966 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1967 - Attended Henry George School conference, Montreal, Quebec, July
  • 1968 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Miami Beach, CA
  • 1969 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Chicago, Illinois
  • 2009 - Died, 18 January (age 92)

Berg,
John N.
Minnesta
(Minneapolis)

  • 1929 - Died, May

Berg,
Monroe H.
New York
(Far Rockaway)

  • 1952 - Made his office available for course, The Science of Political Economy

Bergen,
Cecelia
Michigan
(Grosse Points Farms)

  • 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

Bergen,
M.
...
  • 1967 - Attended Henry George School conference, Montreal, Quebec, July

Bergen,
Mary E.
Wisconsin
(Milwaukee)

  • 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

Bergen,
Mary Jane
Wisconsin
(Milwaukee)

  • 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

Bergen,
Melvin
Michigan
(Detroit)
(Grosse Pointe Farms)

  • 1957 - Teacher, Henry George School
  • 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  • 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

Berger,
Lucille
...
  • 1956 - Article, "Survey of Women Voters Shows Popular Interest In International Trade,"
    Henry George News, June

Berger,
Mary
Missouri
(St. Louis)

  • 1943 - Letter, regarding establishment of the Henry George News to replace The Freeman,
    Henry George News, November
  • 1944 - Letter, regarding appearance of "pseudo-economic books,"
    Henry George News, February

Berger,
Melvin C.
...
  • 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI
  • 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

Berger,
Victor L.
...

Bergermann,
Milton
New York
(New York)

  • 1932 - Studied Henry George under Oscar Geiger
  • 1959 - Speaker at Henry George School banquet, May
  • 1970 - Died, 7 September (age 67)

Bergman,
Raymond
California
  • 1971 - Serving as President, Mt. Diablo Branch, Henry George School
  • 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, California

Berkinoff,
Sam
New York
(New York)

  • 1927 - Attended Henry George Congress, New York City

Berkinshaw,
Robert J.
New York
(Niagara Falls)

  • 1928 - Toured the Pacific coast and stayed at the Henry George Hotel in San Francisco

Berkol,
A. Henry
California
San Diego

  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA

Berkowitz,
Jay J.
...
  • 1943 - Letter, with obserations from the war front in North Africa,
    Henry George News, September

Berkowitz,
Max
New York
(Bronx)

  • 1932 - Serving as member, advisory committee, Henry George School, New York
  • 1933 - Joined volunteer faculty, Henry George School, New York
  • 1933 - Recieved the first certificate of attendance issued by the Henry George School, New York

Berling,
Clay
California
(Berkeley)
(Carmel)

  • 1966 - First completed courses at Henry George School
  • 1972 - Served on board, Henry George School of Northern California
  • 1979 - Chaired meeting of the Council of Georgist Organizations, at Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA, August
  • 1985 - Paper, "Self-Interest as the Programmer,"
    presented at the CGO conference, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
  • 1985 - Elected Director, Common Ground, USA
    • 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Philadelphia, PA
    • 2000 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Des Moines, Iowa
    • 2006 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Evanston, Illinois, July
    • 2009 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Cleveland, Ohio
    • 2009 - Article, "How Do You Tell The Story?"
      GroundSwell, July-August
    • 2011 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Bloomington, Minnesota, 2-6 August
    • 2011 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Camp Hill, PA; July
    • 2012 - Attended the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Camp Hill, PA, 30 July - 3 August
    • 2014 - Attended the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Newport Beach, California; 7-11 July
    • 2015 - Attended the joint conference of the International Union and Council of Georgist Organizations; Southfield, Michigan; 4-8 August
    • 2017 - Died (August)

    Berman,
    Florence
    New York
    (New York)

    • 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania

    Berman,
    Frank
    New York
    (New York)

    • 1920s - Active in Commonwealth Land Party

    Berman,
    Jack
    New York
    (New York)

    • 1944 - Letter, critical of plan to expand New York City subway,
      Henry George News, August
    • 1944 - Letter, lessons learned from planting of Victory Gardens during the war,
      Henry George News, December
    • 1945 - Letter, on death of Franklin D. Roosevelt,
      Henry George News, May

    Bermingham,
    Frank A.
    New Jersey
    • 19-- - Serving as an instructor, Henry George School, New Jersey
    • 1957 - Died, 14 April

    Bernard,
    (Prof.)
    New York
    (Great Neck Estates)

    • 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, New York, NY

    Bernard,
    George
    ...

    Bernd,
    Lester A.
    Illinois
    • 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
    • 1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark

    Bernheim,
    A.C.
    ...
    • 1890 - Serving as Chairman, People's Municipal League
    • Letter, "Peoples Municipal League Conference,"
      notifying Henry George of the list of speakers to be involved, 10 October

    Bernstein,
    Helen
    New York
    (New York)

    • 1940 - Serving on staff, The Freeman
    • 1941 - Article, "Doing Business Under Fascism,"
      The Freeman, March

    Bernstein,
    Michael J.
    New York
    (New York)

    • 1939 - Address, "Lincoln and George -- Prophets of Freedom,"
      at the Community Center of the Congregation Bnai Jesereth, New York, NY
    • 1939 - Address, "Youth's Hope in Democracy,"
      at Free Synagogue, New York, 10 December
    • 1940 - Served as instructor at Henry George School, New York; delivered a talk on "International Trade Relations" at the Sunrise Club
    • 1940 - Address, "Can Collectivism and Planning Solve Our Social and Economic Problems?"
      at the Long Island Forum, 28 May
    • 1940 - Article, "Fumes of the Yellow Monopoly,"
      The Freeman, September
    • 1940 - Address, "Public Housing,"
      at Henry George School, 15 December
    • 1941 - Lecture, "The Fallacy of Economic Determination,"
      at Henry George School, 23 February
    • 1941 - Article, "Doing Business Under Fascism,"
      The Freeman, March
    • 1941 - Teaching the course, "Democracy vs. Socialism" at the Henry George School, New York, NY (using Max hirsch's book of that title)
    • 1942 - Henry George School board voted not to renew its invitation to him to teach at the school (reasons not disclosed), The Freeman, February

    Bernstein,
    Sidney
    ...
    • 1940s - Prior to the Second World War served as volunteer in Henry George School correspondence program

    Berry,
    Jean
    Illinois
    (Chicago)

    • 1937 - Member, editorial staff, Henry George Fellowship News
    • 1937 - Succeeds Nathan Hillman as editor of Henry George Fellowship News, May

    Berry,
    Wayne S.
    New York
    (Long Island)
    Florida
    (Spring Hill)

    • 1936 - Took first Henry George class, Flushing, Long Island
    • 1944 - Serving as instructor, Henry George School, New York, NY
    • 1948 - Joins faculty, Henry George School extension
    • 1955 - Attended International Union conference, St. Andrews University, Scotland
    • 1967 - Attended Henry George School conference, Montreal, Quebec, July
    • 1976 - Attended Henry George Foundation conference, Evanston, IL
    • 1979 - Booklet, a summary of Progress and Poverty,
      written as a series for a Florida newspaper
    • 1986 - Died, 1 January in Spring Hill, Florida

    Berry,
    William H.
    Pennsylvania
    Pittsburgh

    • 1852, Born, 9 September, in Edwardsville, Illinois
    • 1873 - Graduated from the Meachnics' Institute in Buffalo, New York
    • 1903 - Appointed President of the Berry Engineering Company in Chester, Pennsylvania
    • 1905 - Elected Mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania (served to December 1905)
    • 1906 - Elected Pennsylvania State Treasurer (served to 1908)
    • 1909 - Address, A Message to England,
      at a meeting called in Philadelphia, 1 August, to congratulate the British people on their budget fight; The Public, 13 August
    • 1910 - Stood as a candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania as a memver of the independent Keystone Party but lost to the Republican candidate
    • 1928 - Died, 19 June

    Berson,
    David
    Maryland
    (Columbia)

    • Great-great grandson of Henry George
    • Profession: economist
    • 19-- Joined Fannie Mae as Chief Economist

    Bertolette,
    C.M.
    California
    (Sacramento)

    • 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA

    Bertsch,
    William F.
    Massachusetts
    (New Bedford)

    • 1940 - Former instructor, Henry George School, New York; started Henry George class in YMCA, New Bedford

    Berveiler,
    Robert
    Missouri
    (Kansas City)

    • 195- - Becomes director, Henry George School, Kansas City
    • 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

    Berzin,
    Julius
    New York
    (Flushing)

    • 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania

    Bessey,
    Jason
    Maine
    • 200- - Learned about land value taxation by participation in the Democratic Freedom Caucus
    • 2009 - Editorial, "Georgism and the Single Tax on Land: Why a 130-year-old Idea is Still Relevant Today,"
      Newsflavor, 21 April

    Best,
    Alice
    New York
    (New York)

    • 1939 - Resigned as extension secretary, Henry George School

    Best,
    Randall G.
    Alabama
    (Fairhope)

    • 1994 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Fairhope, Alabama

    Bethune,
    W.T.
    ...

    BETTER CITIES COMMITTEE Illinois
    (Evanston)

    • 1971 - Established, Scott Walton, Director; originally called "Better Cities Committee of Illinois"
    • 1992 - Geographic area expanded to include Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Ohio
    • 2022 - Chapter officers: Sue Walton (Chair); Jeff Graubart (Secretary); Scott Walton (Treasurer); Adam Kerman (webmaster)