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A Biographical and Periodical History of the Advance of Cooperative Individualism

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United States
Name Place(s) of Residence Comments
Aaron,
Alfred
California
(Oakland)

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

Aarons,
Murray (Dr.)
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • 19-- - Became active member of the Henry George Fellowship
  • 1938 - Serving as an etymologist at the National Field Museum
  • 1938 - Addresss, How Man Risks His Life for Science in the Arctic Regions
    at a meeting of the Chicago Chapter of the Henry George Fellowship, February

Aaronsohn,
Michael (Rabbi)
Ohio
(Cincinnati)

  • 1896 - Born
  • 1917 - Blinded during military service
  • 1935 - Attended Henry George Congress, New York, NY; September
  • 1936 - Attended Henry George Congress, Cincinnati, Ohio; 12-14 November
  • 1937 - Attended Henry George Congress, Detroit, Michigan; 14-16 October
  • 1938 - Address, "Religion and Political Economy,"
    delivered to the Men's Club of the St. Luke's Evangelical Church, 14 September; "Pastor of the church is Walter Weber, a graduate of the HGSSS."
  • 1939 - Address, "Fairwell to Magic,"
    delivered at the Henry George Congress, New York, NY
  • 1941 - Attended Henry George Congress, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1943 - Letter, regarding visit to the Henry George School, New York
    Henry George News, October
  • 1976 - Died

Abbot,
Willis
Illinois
(Chicago)


Abbott,
Henry
Connecticut
(Darien)

  • 1938 - Born, Manchester, England
  • 19-- - Earned B.Sc degree in Bus. Administration; N.C. degree in Mechanical Engineering
  • 1957 - First took course at Henry George School, London
  • 2005 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; August
  • 2007 - Attended Council of Georgist Organization conference, University of California, Scranton, PA, July

Abbott,
James
...
  • 1852 - Born, 12 December, New York, New York
  • 1932 - Attended the Henry George Foundation of American Congress, Memphis, Tennessee, October
  • 1932 - Died, 30 November (age 80)

Abbott,
Leonard
...
  • 1878 - Born, 20 May, in Liverpool, England
  • 1898 - Emigrated to the United States
  • 1898 - Book, The Society of the Future
    published
  • 1900 - Joined the executive board of the the Social Party of America
  • 1904 - Book, The Root of the Social Problem
    published
  • 1906 - Joined the founding board of the Rand School of Social Science
  • 1907 - Elected president of the Free Speech League
  • 1907 - Book, Ernest Howard Crosby: A Valuation and a Tribute
    published
  • 1898 - Book, Sociology and Political Economy
    published
  • 1930s - Employed by the Works Progress Administration in Washingon, D.C.
  • 1946 - Book, Masterworks of Economics
    published
  • 1947 - Book, Masterworks of Government
    published
  • 1953 - Died, in New York City

Abbott,
Lyman (Rev.)
New York
  • 1897 - Address, "A Remembrance of Henry George,"
    delivered at the funeral of Henry George, Sunday, 30 October
  • 1898 - Transcript of a sermon, If Christ Were Here
    delivered in Plymouth Church, Brookly, NY, 17 April
  • 1909 - Article, "Lincoln As A Labor Leader"
    February

Abbot,
Willis John
...
  • 1863 - Born, 16 March, in New Haven, Connecticut
  • 1884 - Graduated from the University of Michigan
  • 1892 - Appointed managing editor of the Chicago Times (to 1893)
  • 1896 - Appointed Editor-in-chief, New York Journal (to 1898)
  • 1897 - Serving as Chairman, Thomas Jefferson Democracy (and for Henry George's final campaign for Mayor of New York)
  • 1905 - Joined the New York American
  • 1908 - Appointed as political correspondent for the American Midwest
  • 1922 - Appointed Editor of the Christian Science Monitor (to 1927)
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
  • 1934 - Died, 19 May

Abele,
Larry
...
  • 2002 - Trustee, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation

Abell,
Leigh
California
(San Diego)

  • 1960 - Elected to the board, Henry George School, San Diego; 31 August

Abell,
Martha
California
(San Diego)

  • 1960 - Elected to the board, Henry George School, San Diego; 31 August

Abelson,
Sidney J.
...
  • 1939 - Article, "What, in Russia?"
    The Freeman, January
  • 1939 - Review of the book:
    Calling America
    by H.V. Van Loon, Dorothy Thompson, Thomas Mann, Felix Frankfurter, and Archibald MacLeish; The Freeman, October
  • 1939 - Review of a collection of essays:
    Calling America
    by leading liberals

Abelson,
Sidney J.
1940
  • 1940 - Review of the book:
    1940
    by Jay Franklin, The Freeman, March
  • 1940 - Address, "The Horse-and-Buggy New Deal,"
    at Long Island Forum, 14 May
  • 1940 - Review of the book:
    Getting and Spending
    by Mildred Adams, The Freeman, June
  • 1940 - Address, "A Georgist America in Five Years,"
    at Henry George School, New York, 7 August
  • 1940 - Began new lecture series, announced in The Freeman, October:
    "Fundamental Conditions for a Lasting Peace", a new series of lectures featuring outside speakes to be given at the School are being arrange dby Sidney J. Abelson. The first lecture will be delivered by a speaker representing the Council Againt Intolerance in America on November 4. On November 18 a representative of the Leage of Nations Association will take the platform. Mr. Abelson will anounce other lecture dates in the near future.
  • 1940 - Review of the book:
    Economics
    by Fred Rogers Fairchild, The Freeman, October
  • 1940 - Address, "An Economist Views the Election,"
    at Henry George School, 10 November

Abelson,
Sidney J.
1941-
  • 1941 - Serving as Chairman, American Alliance to Advance Freedom
  • 1941 - Address, "The Georgist Task in a War-Torn World,"
    delivered at the Henry George Congress, Chicago
  • 1949 - Participated in the Henry George Foundation of America Congress, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September
  • 1951 - Attended Henry George Foundation of America Congress, New York, NY, 5-6 October

Ablin,
Arthur
California
(San Francisco)

  • 1963 - Becomes teacher, Henry George School

Abrams,
Charles
...
  • 1939 - Excerpt from Chapter XII, "Transvaluations" ("A Critique of Henry George's Remedy to Poverty and Industrial Depressions") of the book:
    Revolution in Land
    published by Harper & Brothers
  • 1939 - Chapter III ("A Critique of Henry George's Remedy to Poverty and Industrial Depressions") from the book:
    Revolution In Land
  • 1940 - Debated Alexander Goldfiner on "Can Public Housing Eliminate the Slum Problem,"
    at the Henry George School, New York, 21 January
  • 1940 - Review by Sidney Abelson of the book:
    Revolution in Land
    by Charles Abrams; The Freeman, January
  • 1941 - Address, "Public Housing,"
    at Henry George School, New York, 30 March

Abrams,
Raymond
Florida
(Miami)

  • 1962 - Established new extension of the Henry George School
  • 1968 - Chaired Henry George School conference, Miami Beach, CA
  • 1977 - Attended the Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
  • 1979 - Attended the Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, California
  • 1986 - Review (unsigned) of the book:
    Total Tax Relief
    by Raymond Abrams, Georgist Journal, Spring
  • 1989 - Attended the Joint Georgist Conference, Philadelphia, PA
  • 1993 - Died, 7 March; age 68

Abu-Jamal,
Mumia
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)

  • 2008 - Article, "The Death of the Pursuit of a Dream: A House"
    Georgist Journal, No.109, Spring

Achenbaum,
Wyn
Connecticut
(Stamford)

  • 2003 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Bridgeport, CT
  • 2004 - Participated in panels on "Hunger, Homelessness and the Land Question" and "Georgist Values, Christian Economics" at the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 22-24 July
  • 2005 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; August
  • 2006 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Evanston, Illinois, July
  • 2007 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, July
  • 2008 - Review of the film and accompanying the book:
    The End of Poverty?
    GroundSwell, July-August, regarding the documentary film co-produced by the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
  • 2009 - Biographical sketch of Weld Carter
  • 2009 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Cleveland, Ohio
  • 2010 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Albany, New York, July
  • 2012 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania; July
  • 2014 - Attended 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

Ackerley,
Oliver
...

Adair,
Charles R.
Michigan
(Flint)

  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
  • 1929 - Article, "The Tax Problem Misunderstood"
    Saturday Night, 23 March
  • 1929 - Address, What is Wrong with American Agriculture
    delivered at the Henry George Foundation Congress

< B>Adair,
H.G.
Illinois
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November

Adams,
C.A.
Massachusetts
(Campbridge)

  • 1932 - Profession: Professor
  • 1932 - Serving a member, advisory committee, Henry George School, New York, NY

Adams,
Charles Blair
California
(San Diego)

  • 1956 - Elected president of Henry George School alumni association
  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
  • 1960 - Selected Georgist of the Year
  • 1960 - Died, July

Adams,
Charles Francis (Jr.)
New York
(New York)

  • 1835 - Born, 27 May (Boston, Massachusetts)
  • 1861 - Commissioned as a first lieutenant in the 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry, 28 December; promoted to Captain, 1 December 1862 (served until 1 Septemer, 1864)
  • 1864 - Commissioned asa lieutenant colonel of the 5th Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry, 8 September; promoted to colonel, 15 March, 1865 (served until 1 August, 1865)
  • 186- - Appointed to the Massachusetts Railroad Commission
  • 1878 - Book, Railroads, Their Origin and Problems published
  • 1884 - Became President of the Union Pacific Railroad
  • 1890 - Forced by Jay Gould to resign as President of the Union Pacific Railroad
  • 1900 - First became an active supporter of the Single Tax, writing a letter to the President of the Massachusetts Single Tax League expressing his support. An excerpt of the letter appeared in The Outlook, 15 December
  • 1900 - Response by Augustus Gardner to Charles Francis Adams' letter In Favor of the Single Tax, Boston Evening Transcript, 10 December
  • 1915 - Died, 20 March (in Washington, DC)

Adams,
Charles Frederic
New York
(Brooklyn)

  • 1851 - Born
  • 1880s - Became Henry George supporter
  • 1881 - Letter to the editor, Communism vs. Individualism, printed in the New York Times, 28 March (Note: This letter is mistakenly credited to Charles Francis Adams. The source of the mistake is not known as the original printed letter is not available)
  • 1882 - Elected Secretary, Free Soil Society
  • 1890 - Attended National Conference of Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September
  • 1894 - Article (unsigned), "Not a Candidate: Charles Frederic Adams Corrects a Misapprehension"; The Brooklyn Citizen, 19 September. Excerpt:
    "It is not really the case that I have ever yet announced myself 'a candidate for Congress in the Third (or any other) District'; nor am I, in fact, expecting, soliciting, or in any way 'working' to obtain any nomination. The real purport, on the contrary, of my letter on the subjecdt was to effect that I desired to have all factions of our 'Democracy' unite upon well-known and reliable Free Traders for Congress; ..."
  • 1897 - Active in the Thomas Jefferson Democracy and Henry George's final campaign for Mayor of New York City
  • 1899 - Speech delivered at the 60th anniversary of Henry George's birth, Manhattan Single Tax Club, 3 September
  • 1901 - Described as a close friend of Henry George and founder of the Brotherhood of the Commonwealth
  • 1905 - Referred to in The Single Tax Review as a member of the Manhattan Single Tax Club of New York
  • 1909 - Continued to be active in Single Tax movement
  • 1918 - Died, 20 April (age 67)

Adams,
Comfort
Pennsyvania
(Philadelphia)

  • 1949 - Participated in the Henry George Foundation of America Congress, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September

Adams,
Edwin
Massachusetts

Adams,
Frank
New Jersey
(Springfield)

  • 19-- - Graduated from Seton Hall University Law School
  • 1959 - Enrolled in Henry George School, New Jersey
  • 1960 - Became instructor at Henry George School, New Jersey

Adams,
Frederick Upham
New York

Adams,
George
Colorado
(Greeley)

  • 188- - Became an active supporter of Henry George
  • 1905 - Died, 12 March

Adams,
Henry Carter
...
  • 1889 - Visited Henry George at his home in New York City with Lawson Purdy
  • 1899 - Review by Edwin Seligman of the book:
    The Science of Finance, by Henry Carter Adams; Political Science Quarterly, Vol. XIV, March

Adams,
John
Massachusetts
(Dorchester)

  • 1890 - Serving as Secretary, Dorchester Single Tax Club

Adams,
Martin
California
(Middletown)

  • 2012 - Attended conference of the Council of Georgist Organizations, Camp Hill, PA; July
  • 2015 - Attended the joint conference of the International Union and Council of Georgist Organizations, Southfield, Michigan; 4-8 August

Adams,
Mary L.
Oregon
(Portland)

  • 1915 - Elected Secretary of the Single Tax League

Adams,
Minnie G.
...

Adams,
Vera Belle
California
(San Diego)

  • 1960 - Appointed Secretary, Henry George House

Adan,
Charles Frederick
...
  • 1917 - Participated in The Great Adventure conference, held in Atlantic City, NJ, 13-15 April

Addams,
G.S.
Ohio
(Cleveland)

  • 190x - Became supporter of Tom L. Johnson and the Single Tax
  • 1933 - Died (age 63)

Addams,
Jane
...

Addington,
E.H.
...

Addington,
Jack E.
California
(San Diego)

  • Profession: Minister, Church of Religious Science
  • 1943 - Serving as instructor, Henry George School, Los Angeles, California
  • 1945 - Elected Chairman to newly formed board of the Henry George Schools of California
  • 1956 - Address, "Henry George -- Truth Seeker of Economics" delivered at the 117th anniversary of Henry George's birth
  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
  • 1960 - Address, on educational program offered by the Henry George School, San Diego, CA

Addington,
Joseph
Utah
  • 2022 - Serving as President of the Young Georgists of America

Addison,
M.
Mass.
  • 1890 - Rector of Episcopal Church; active Single Taxer

Adeeb,
Hussein
...

Adelman,
Frank G.
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • 1913 - Member of the faculty at the University of Chicago (possibly of the law school)

Adler,
Felix
...

Adler,
Frank
Maryland
(Wheaton)

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

Adler,
Mortimer J.
...
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  • 1964 - Quotes Henry George on poverty in Great Books newspaper feature

ADVANCE SHEET, THE
New Jersey

  • 1917 - Edited by Julia Goldzier

Agnew,
Terry
California
Marin

  • 1975 - President, Marin Branch Council of Henry George School

Agnew,
William
Ohio
  • 1870 - Born, 30 May, in Glasgow, Scotland
  • 189- - Earned an LL.B. degree at Cleveland Law School
  • 1906 - Admitted to the Bar
  • 1919 - Introduced bill for a two-rate property tax in the Ohio State Legislature

Aguilar,
Carlos
California
  • 1971 - Serving as branch representative of the Henry George School, San Francisco, California

Aguilera,
Nibaldo
New York
(New York)

  • 2000 - Elected to board of the Henry George School, New York, NY
  • 2003 - Re-elected to board of the Henry George School, New York, NY
  • 2004 - Re-elected to board of the Henry George School, New York, NY

Ahene,
Rexford
...
  • 1993 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Los Angeles, CA, July

Aiken,
Janet Ruth (Dr.)
New York
(New York)

  • Profession: taught research methods at Brooklyn College
  • 1892 - Born, Superior, Wisconsin
  • 1912 - Graduated, University of Minnesota
  • 1914 - Article, "Profit Sharing for Savings,"
    The World's Work, Vol. XXVII, May-October, pp. 316-320
  • 1930 - Joined faculty of Columbia University and Brooklyn College
  • 1930s - Joined faculty of Henry George School, New York; taught English and writing and wrote for The Freeman
  • 1939 - Article, "Dr. Aiken Plans Book,"
    The Freeman, May:
    "Dr. Janet R. Aiken will hold the first of a series of meetings of a writers' committee at her home on Saturday evening, April 29. The project is a book containing authoritatitve treatment of a number of current problems, emphasizing the Georgist solution. Publication is tentatively provided for."
  • 1939 - Article, "A Writing Project,"
    The Freeman, August:
    "Some thirty Georgists are at work on as many chapters of a book entitled, tentatively, We Want Freedom. Each chapter will take up a different phase of Georgist philosophy, and the total will be a compendium of individual approaches to the ideal of this philosophy. Dr. Janet R. Aiken is the editor, and publication is expected this Winter."
  • 1941 - Teaching course in research and composition at the Henry George School
  • 1942 - Review by C.O. Steele of the book:
    Surely Goodness
    by Janet Aiken; The Freeman, May
  • 1942 - Book, Surely Goodness
    published by Quarry Books
  • 1942 - Review of the book:
    Blueprint of Democracy
    by F. Mason Padelford. The Freeman, November
  • 1944 - Died, 3 February; age 52
  • 1944 - Memorial service held at the Henry George School, 20 February

Ainsworth,
C.E.
Florida
(Tampa)

  • 1890 - Serving as President, Thomas Shearman Single Tax League

Airzow,
Robert
Oregon
(Portland)

  • 1938 - Left a bequest of $3,701 to the Robert Schalkenbach foundation. The Freeman, March

Aisbitt,
Thomas W.
California
(Venice)

  • Editor and publisher of the Venice News
  • 1917 - Letter, Everyman, October, in which he wrote:
    "If the Equity Taxation reformers will put up a One Tax demand, publish Everyman as it has been, and conduct a Free Earth fight on the same high, bold lines as No. 5's was, I'll consent to having North, Pinchon, Kuehn, or anybody else, put in irons while 'Equity' opens the earth."

Aitchison,
Robert
...
  • 1830 - Born, in Berwickshire, Scotland
  • 1856 - Migrated to the United States to establish a business in South Chicago
  • 1880s - Became converted to support the Single Tax program by John Black
  • 1909 - Died

Aitken,
Peter
New York
(Brooklyn)

  • 1888 - Elected First Vice President, Brooklyn Single Tax Club
  • 1890 - Serving as President, Brooklyn Single Tax Club
  • 1907 - Review of the book:
    The British City
    by Frederic C. Howe; The Single Tax Review, Summer

Akeroyd,
(Mrs.)
...

AKRON OHIO SINGLE TAX LEAGUE ...

Al-Shaikhly,
Falih
...

ALASKA FRONTIER Alaska
  • 1940 - Name of this publication changed from Frontier; edited and published by James L. Busey

ALBANY SINGLE TAX CLUB New York
(Albany)

  • 1883 - Address, by Frank C. Stevens, defending gambling, 15 October
  • 1897 - Meeting held, 8 September; M.W. Norwalk (President) presided; Robert Murphy kept the record. Report in the Times Union, 9 September:
    "On the principle that the only method to secure the repeal of an obnoxious law is to compel its strict enforcement the local assessors were commended for imposing the personal tax. The Club believes that this procedure will result in a single tax being placed upon land values."
  • 1899 - Announced plans to form branches in each ward of the city

Albee,
R.S.
District of Columbia

Albright,
Haines D.
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)

  • 1895 - Active in Delaware Single Tax campaign
  • 1898 - Enrolled in Temple College
  • 1898 - Member, Single Tax Party of Philadelphia
  • 1903 - Admitted to the Bar to practice law
  • 1926 - Delegate to Henry George Congress, Philadelphia
  • 1926 - Died (buried at Arden, Delaware)

Albright,
W.D.
...

Albro,
W.C.
New York
(Poughkeepsie)

  • 1890 - Member, Poughkeepsie Single Tax Club

Alcorn,
Isabel
Nebraska
(Omaha)

  • 1938 - Elected President, Henry George Fellowship

Alden,
John
...

Alden,
Percy
...

Alexander,
Andrew
New York
(Long Island)

  • 1940 - Chaired dinner of Society of Long Island Georgists, Jamaica, L.I., 4 January

Alexander,
Charles
California
(Los Angeles)

  • Editor, The Citizens' Advocate
  • 1917 - Letter, regarding support of The Great Adventure
    Everyman, October
  • 1918 - Letter, Everyman, March, in which he wrote:
    "It is my firm conviction that a single tax victory can be won in California this year. It is only a question of fully acquainting all the voters with the true meaning of the amendment. Californians are opposed to land monopoly and pretty genrally know that single tax will cure it. With the world's shortage of food and our knowledged that food can only come from land open to use, the only thing that could defeat us would be an empty war chest."
  • 1918 - Letter, regarding Herman Kuehn
    Everyman, April

Alexander,
Charles W.
Illinois
(Jacksonville)

  • 1890 - Serving as Secretary, Single Tax Club

Alexander,
Edward F.
Ohio
(Cincinnati)

  • 1927 - Participated in Single Tax conference, Columbus, Ohio, 19 March
  • 1932 - Candidate for U.s. House of Representatives (defeated)
  • 1935 - Helped found Henry George School of Ohio
  • 1936 - Attended Henry George Foundation of America Congress, Cincinnati, Ohio; 12-14 November
  • 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH

Alexander,
Jay T.
Alabama
(Birmingham)

  • 1961 - Letter, "It All Goes Back to Henry George,"
    Detroit Free Press, 26 August

Alexander,
John
New York
(New York)

  • 1997 - Teacher, Henry George School, NY

Alexander,
K.P.
Arkansas
(Little Rock)

  • 1918 - Letter, Everyman, March, in which he wrote:
    "It seems to me that the Great Adventure in California has sized up the situation as it is, and not as we would like it to be; that, philosophically and with rare acumen, they re taking advantage of the 'psychologic moment' to do the one thing which all singletaxers shold now earnestly and unitedly do -- utilize the present stressed conditions to apply the only possible harmonious and lasting remedy to the cause of them. If the stressed economic conditions which produced, and are being intensified by, this war do not result in the adoption of single tax as a means of opening the land, there will be no escape, I fear, from industrial revolutions both here and abroad."
  • 1918- Letter, to Danie Kiefer (Arden, Delaware) supporting concentration of effort to have the Single Tax adopted in California
    3 April; Reprinted in Everyman, April
  • 1928 - Letter, regarding the death of Louis F. Post, Land and Freedom, January-February. Quote:
    "I have always considered him one of the clearest and most constructive thinkers along economic lines that, out of Henry George himself, the U.S. has produced."
  • 1931 - Wrote letter on economic ideas to Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, Detroit, quoting Edward McGlynn
  • 1935 - Died, 31 March

Alexander,
Ray
California
(San Francisco)

  • 19-- - Joined faculty, Henry George School
  • 1973 - Serving on the board, Henry George School of Northern California; President of San Francisco branch
  • 1974 - Died, September

Alexander,
S.W.
Alabama
(Fairhope)

  • 19-- - Appointed principal of the Schoo of Organic Education

Alexander,
Theresa
California
(Coronado)

  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego

Alexander,
W.E.
Tennessee
(Ethridge)

  • 1927 - Described by editor of the Lawrence Democrat:
    "He can tell you more about the Single tax in a minute than you can read in a month."
  • 1936 - Died, 11 August (age 70)

Alexis
Guilliam
...

Alft,
Elmer C. (Jr.)
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • 1944 - Serving as new instructor, Henry George School

Alkalay,
Lidia
Massachusetts
(Boston)

  • 1951 - Attended Henry George School conference, St. Louis, Missouri, 13-16 July
  • 1953 - Attended Henry George School conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 2-4 July
  • 1954 - Served as Assistant Director, Henry George School
  • 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH

ALL AMERICAN RECIPROCITY LEAGUE ...
  • 1930 - Established, John Dewey as one of the Vice Presidents, Charles H. Ingersoll, President

Allen,
A. Violette
New York
(New York)

  • 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
  • 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI
  • 1967 - Attended Henry George School conference, Montreal, Quebec, July
  • 1970 - Became a member of the International Union

Allen,
Bernard M.
Connecticut
  • 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England

Allen,
Adrienne
Illinois
(Evanston)

  • 2014 - Attended the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Newport Beach, California; 7-11 July

Allen,
Francis
...
  • 1979 - Paper, "The American Indian Ethic Towards Land,"
    presented at the Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, August

Allen,
Henry Ware
Kansas
(Wichita)
Oklahoma
(Chickasha)

  • Advocated Henry George's ideas for most of his life; wrote letter to editors of major papers across U.S.
  • 1861 - Born, New Bedford, Massachusetts
  • 1888 - Organized a Bellamy Club in Kansas City, Missouri
  • 1888 - First read The Standard and joined the Kansas City Single Tax Club
  • 1890 - Met Henry George in Kansas City, Missouri, on behalf of the Single Tax Club of Kansas City

Allen,
Henry Ware
1901-1920
  • 1901 - Article, "An Entering Wedge,"
    Why? Magazine, January

Allen,
Henry Ware
1921-1935
  • 1926 - Elected to the National Advisory Commission of the Henry George Foundation of America
  • 1930 - Address, on Henry George, at the Carpenters Union
  • 1932 - Letter to the editor, Immigration Restriction
    The New York Times, sent 29 February; no confirmation that the letter was printed
  • 1932 - Agreed to serve on the Advisory Committee of the Henry George School of Social Science
  • 1932 - Address, "Social Injustice,"
    delivered at the Henry George Congress, Memphis
  • 1933 - Letter to the editor, West Against East
    The New York Times, sent in 7 January; no confirmation the letter was printed
  • 1933 - Letter to the editor, Income Taxes
    The New York Times, sent in 15 June; no confirmation that the letter was printed
  • 1933 - Letter to the editor, Our Taxation System
    The New York Times, sent in 13 June; no confiration that the letter was printed
  • 1933 - Letter to the editor, Faults in Tax System
    The New York Times, sent on 7 July; no confirmation that the letter was printed
  • 1933 - Article (PDF format), Henry George
    Land and Freedom, July-August
  • 1934 - Article, Democracy
    Land and Freedom, July-August
  • 1935 - Book, Prosperity by the Single Tax
    the manuscript was completed, publication information not yet available
  • 1935 - Letter to the editor, Tax Plan Upheld
    The New York Times, sent in 4 August; no confirmation that the letter was printed
  • 1935 - Letter to the editor, Work for the Churches
    The New York Times, sent in 16 October; no confirmation the letter was printed
  • 1935 - Letter to the editor, Special Privilege
    The New York Times, sent in 11 December; no confirmation the letter was printed

Allen,
Henry Ware
1936-1940
  • 1936 - Book, Prosperity
    published by Christopher Publishing Co., Boston
  • 1936 - Review by Dean Gordon of the book:
    Prosperity
    by Henry Ware Allen, Land and Freedom, May-June
  • 1936 - Review by Dean Gordon of the book:
    Prosperity
    by Henry Ware Allen, Land and Freedom, May-June
  • 1936 - Letter to the editor, Speculators
    The New York Times, 28 June

Allen,
Henry Ware
1941-1945
  • 1941 - Letter to the editor, Wages: Supply and Demand
    The New York Times, sent in 30 March; no confirmation that the letter was printed
  • 1942 - Letter to the editor, Privilege Bar to Progress
    The New York Times, sent in 31 May; no confirmation that the letter was printed
  • 1943 - Letter to the editor, Henry George's Anniversary
    The New York Times, sent 28 August; no confirmation provided that the letter was printed
  • 1943 - Letter, regarding Henry George birthday celebration
    New York Times, 2 September
  • 194- - Excerpt ("Freedom and Henry George") from the book:
    The Man, Henry George
    date of publication could not be found

Allen,
Henry Ware
1946 on
  • 1946 - Pamphlet, Steps to Freedom
    published by Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
  • 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
  • 1951 - Article, "The Confiscatory Income Tax,"
    Henry George News, November
  • 1957 - Died, age 96

Allen,
James
New York
(New York)

  • 1970 - Ph.D. candidate at Columbia University
  • 1970 - Developing course on Philosophy of Henry George for HGS

Allen,
John D.
New York
(New York)

  • 2001 - Review of the book:
    Binary Economics
    by Robert Ashford and Rodney Shakespeare, Land & Liberty, Spring

Allen,
John Hayes
New Jersey
(Jersey City)

  • 1876 - Graduated from Lafayette College, Pennsylvania
  • 189- - Became supporter of HG
  • 1932 - Serving as a member, advisory committee, Henry George School, New York, NY
  • 1935 - Exchanged letters with Spencer Heath regarding Georgist theory, 12 December
  • 1938 - Article, "Allen Hits Speculators,"
    The Freeman, March:
    "The Progressive League of New Jersey, through its president, John H. Allen, leading Jersey City business man and head of its Chamber of Commerce, sent to Senator Charles E. Loiseaux, of Union, an appeal asking that housing bills coming up for action be so shaped that they shall provide for the gradual shifting of at least part of the tax on buildings and improvements to land values."
  • 1938 - Article, "White House Gift," The Freeman, June:
    "John H. Allen, director of the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation and president of the Jersey City Chamber of Commerce, pesented a set of Henry George's books, donated by the foundation, to the White House Library, the shelves of the incumbent of the presidential mansion, on May 2. President Roosevelt, in a letter to the foundation May 9, expressed his gratitude for the gift. It had been suggested by Morris Van Veen, veteran Georgist Miss V.G. Peterson of the foundation staff made the arrangements."
  • 1938 - Address, on his introduction to teachings of Henry George, at the graduation exercises of the Henry George School, Newark, 5 December
  • 1939 - Serving as President, Jersey City, Chamber of Commerce
  • 194- - John and Emma allen Foundation established at Lafayette College
  • 1947 - Died, 18 Febrary. Left a bequest to Lafayette College to advance the teachings of Henry George

Allen,
John R.
...

Allen,
Robert E. (Jr.)
Maryland
(Baltimore)
Washington, D.C.

  • 1921 - Born
  • 1942 - Entered military service
  • 1952 - Became director, Henry George School, DC, coming from Baltimore
  • 1953 - Attended Henry George School conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 2-4 July
  • 1955 - Letter, Henry George News, June
  • 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
  • 1956 - DC Extension suspended
  • 1959 - Executive Director, National Home Study Council, Washington, DC
  • 1994 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Fairhope, Alabama
  • 2007 - Died, 7 April

Allen,
Victor
Connecticut
  • 2001 - Attended International Union conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 2008 - Died

Allen,
Violetta
New York
(New York)
Alabama
(Fairhope)

  • 1973 - Died (April)

Allen,
Virgil D.
Ohio
(Cleveland)

  • Profession: civil engineer
  • 1936 - Serving as Henry George School extension director
  • 1944 - Died, age 74

Aller,
Pat
New York
(New York)

  • 19-- - Born
  • 1950 - Earned B.A. (Literature), University of Maryland
  • 1952 - Served as Assistant Producer and publicity director, CBS News (thru 1953)
  • 1954 - Earned M.A., American University, Washington, D.C.
  • 197- - Joined staff, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
  • 1974 - Earned M.S. Degress, Bank Street College (reading specialist)
  • 1980 - Appointed Assistant Director, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation and Business Manager, American Journal of Economics and Sociology (served thru 1991)
  • 1984 - Elected trustee, Henry George School, NY
  • 1984 - Attended International Union conference, Cambridge, England
  • 1986 - Elected to board, Henry George School (served until February 1988)
  • 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Philadelphia, PA
  • 1993 - Appointed NGO Representative to the United Nations by International Union (served thru 2002)
  • 1994 - Elected to board, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation; served as board secretary, 1996-97
  • 1994 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Fairhope, Alabama
  • 1995 - Article, "United Nations World Summit for Social Development,"
    Georgist Journal, May-June
  • 1995 - Article, "USA Joins Other Nations' Vote for Law of Sea,"
    Georgist Journal, January-February
  • 2001 - Attended International Union conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 2004 - Re-elected to the board, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
  • 2004 - Participated in a panel on "The Health and Wealth Gap in New Mexico"
    at the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 22-24 July
  • 2020 - Died, 23 April

Allison,
Edward Pease
...
  • 1888 - Book, Ground Rents in Philadelphia
    written with Boies Penrose; published by the University of Pennsylvania, in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, April (made available online by Google Books)

Allison,
Josh
New Mexico
  • 2004 - Participated in panel on "Hunger, Homelessness and the Land Problem," at the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 22-24 July

Almond,
Albert
...
  • 192- - Member, Commonwealth Land Party

Almond,
George R.
Massachusetts
(Boston)

  • 1940 - President, Henry George Fellowship

Alper,
Noah D.
Missouri
(St. Louis)

  • 1924 - First read Henry George's Progress and Poverty
  • 1935 - Co-founded the Henry George School in Northern California and served on its board for some years thereafter
  • 1935 - Became involved in the California campaign to tax land rent
  • 1936 - Attended Henry George Congress, Cincinnati, Ohio; 12-14 November
  • 1937 - Attended Henry George Congress, Detroit, Michigan; 14-16 October
  • 1937 - Organized a new Henry George School in San Francisco
  • 1939 - Became first director, Henry George School, St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1939 - Started Henry George class at Assembly Hall, Central Library, St. Louis, Missouri, October

Alper,
Noah D.
1941-1950
  • 19-- - Elected President, Public Revenue Education Concil
  • 1942 - Article, More Facts
    Land and Freedom, March-April
  • 1948 - Address, "How to Win Friends and Keep Them,"
    at Henry George School conference, Chicago, Illinois, July
  • 1949 - Left for a year of study at Columbia University in NYC
  • 1949 - Participated in the Henry George Foundation of America Congress, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September
  • 1949 - Attended Columbia University (to 1950)
  • 1949 - Atttended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
  • 1950 - Formed the Public Revenue Education Council
  • 1950 - Attended Henry George School conference, St. Louis, Missouri, 13-16 July

Alper,
Noah D.
1951-1960
  • 1951 - Attended Henry George School conference, Los Angeles, 19-22 July
  • 1951 - Attended Henry George Foundation of America conference, New York, NY, 5-6 October
  • 1953 - Attended Henry George School conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 2-4 July
  • 1954 - Retires as director, HGS
  • 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
  • 1955 - Article, "Test of Good and Bad Tax,"
    Henry George News, September
  • 1957 - Attended the Henry George conference at Wagner College, Staten
  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
  • 1958 - Paper, "Economic Education and Political Action,"
    presented at Henry George Foundation conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November
  • 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  • 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI
  • 1960 - Paper, "The Manufacturer vs. The College Professor,"

Alper,
Noah D.
1961-1970
  • 1961 - Conducted classes at Midwest Bible College, St. Louis
  • 1961 - Attended Henry George School conference, Hartford, Connecticut
  • 1962 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA
  • 1967 - Attended Henry George School conference, Montreal, Quebec, July
  • 1969 - Attended Henry George School conference, Chicago, Illinois

Alper,
Noah D.
1971-
  • 1974 - Received the Henry George School's "Outstanding Achievement Award" at the Henry George School conference
  • 1976 - Provided update on Public Revenue Education Council at the Henry George Foundation conference, Evanston, IL, July
  • 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
  • 1983 - Died, July 30, age 86

Alpone,
James
Ohio
(Springfield)

  • 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH

Alrich,
Sam D.
California
(Los Angeles)

  • 1951 - Served as instructor at Henry George School

Altgeld,
John Peter
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • 1847 - Born, 30 December, in Germany; soon thereafter his family emigrated to the United States, settling on a farm in Mansfield, Ohio
  • 1863 - Joined the Union army
  • 1865 - Return to work on his father's farm, attended a private school in Lexington, Ohio, after which he taught school for two years
  • 1867 - Moved to Missouri, studied the law working at a private law firm and was admitted ot the Andrew County bar in 1871
  • 1873 - Served as the Savannah city attorney, then was elected state's attorney in 1874 (serving just one year of a two-year term)
  • 1875 - Moved to Chicago and opened up a law practice and began investing in real estate and a streetcar line in Newark, Ohio
  • 1884 - Ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives but lost to the incumbent George Adams
  • 1884 - Essay, "Our Penal Machinery and Its Victims,"
    published
  • 1886 - Elected a Justice on the Superior Court of Cook County (served until 1891)
  • 1890 - Book, Live Questions
    a collection of writings, speeches, letters, newspaper interviews, etc.
  • 1893 - Elected Governor of Illinois (but shortly thereafter suffered a breakdown in his health and nearly died)

Altgeld,
John Peter
1896-1900
  • 1896 - Ran for re-election on the Democratic ticket with William Jennings Bryan but was defeated
  • 1897 - Address, Henry George
    delivered at the Auditorium, Chicago, Illinois, 5 December
  • 1899 - Ran for Mayor of Chicago on the Municipal Ownership Party ticket, but finished third
  • 1899 - Book, Live Questions
    of his papers, speeches, interviews and messages to the legislature of Illinois

Altgeld,
John Peter
1901-
  • 1901 - Address, American Ideals
    delivered before the Good Government Club of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 14 December; reprinted in The Public, 21 December
  • 1902 - Died, 12 March, of a cerebral hemorrhage while delivering a speech on behalf of the Boers in Joliet, Illinois
  • 1907 - Address by Charles A. Towne, Altgeld's Growing Fame
    at the Altgeld Memorial Service, Chicago, 10 March; reprinted in The Public, 16 March
  • 1924 - Excerpt from the book:
    Altgled of Illinois, A Record of His Life and Work, by Waldo R. Browne:
    "From the time when he became Governor of Illinois, Altgeld apparently made an habitual practice of destroying everything among his private effects that would be of the slightest use or value to a future biographer."

Altman,
Todd
...

Altschuler,
Herbert
New York
(New York)

  • 1923 - Born, Manhattan
  • 1940s - Completed courses at the Henry George School
  • 1950s - Pamphlet, Peace and Prosperity
  • 197- - Becomes member, Henry George Institute
  • 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, New York, NY
  • 1990 - Letter printed, Georgist Journal, Autumn
  • 1995 - Died, November 30, age 82

Altschuler,
Toby
New York
(Brooklyn)

  • 1950 - Born, 22 June (son of Herbert Altschuler)
  • 1964 - Attended Organic School, Fairhope, Alabama
  • 1966 - Attended Henry George School and also took the school's corresponence courses
  • 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, California
  • 1980 - Atttended Joint Georgist Conference, New York, New York, 28 August - 1 September

Alvarez,
Ramon
...
  • 1992 - Joined staff, Henry George School, New York
  • 1999 - Left position at Henry George School, New York; family moved to Florida