| Name |
Place(s)
of Residence |
Comments |
Nicolas,
Schiller |
... |
- 1956 - Address to International Food and
Agriculture Organization, Rome, on land tenure and taxation
|
| Name |
Place(s)
of Residence |
Comments |
Backhaus,
Jurgen |
...
|
- Professor, Maastricht
University
- 1997 - Paper, "Land Value Taxation in
Germany: Theoretical and Historical Issues," August (to be
included in book, LVT Around the World
|
Born,
Wim |
Amsterdam |
- 1930 - First became involved in Georgist
movement
- 1982 - Letter printed, Georgist Journal,
Summer
- 1985 - Letter printed, Georgist Journal,
Spring
|
Buckle,
G.Q. |
...
|
- 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Philadelphia, PA
|
Clerq,
D. de |
... |
- Profession: engineer
- 1926 - Attended International Conference,
Copenhagen
- 1929 - Paper, "The Reclamation of the
Zuider Zee: Possibilities of Land Settlement in Holland on
Georgeist Lines," presented at International Union
conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1929 - Elected to the Executive Committee,
International Union
|
Costerus,
W. |
Amsterdam |
- 1976 - Letter regarding the potential for
legal action to get government to tax land, Georgist Journal,
Summer
- 1978 - Article, "Is Land Value a Social
Evil?" Georgist Journal, Summer
- 1978 - Letter printed, Georgist Journal,
Winter
- 1982 - Paper, "An Alternative Way of
Explaining the Georgist Theory," presented at the
International Union conference, Utrecht, Hollard, July
- 1983 - Letter, regarding failure of legal
system to address land market problems, Land & Liberty,
September-October
- 1983 - Letter printed, Georgist Journal,
Spring
- 1986-87 - Letter printed, Georgist
Journal, Winter 1990 - Article, "Remodelling Our
Definitions," Georgist Journal, Summer
- 1991 - Article, "More PEP Talk Needed,"
Georgist Journal, Autumn
- 1992 - Letter printed, Georgist Journal,
Summer
|
DUTCH
LEAGUE FOR LAND NATIONALISATION
|
...
|
- 1890s - Organized; dissolved, 1897
|
Griffioen,
Cees |
... |
- 1970 - Joined Georgists and helped establish
the Grondvest Foundation
- 19-- - Editor of quarterly Grondvest
- 1986 - Chaired conference on public
collection of land rent and citizens income, September 26
|
| HENRY
GEORGE SCHOOL |
Kowloon |
- 1937 - Organized by M. Kolthek, President
- 196- - Founded, located at 746-48 Nathan
Road
|
Kolthek
(or Kolthck),
Harmen |
Groningen |
- 1872 - Born
- 1907 - Serving as Secretary, Dutch Nationaal
Arbeidssecretariaat (to 1913)
- 1910 - Photograph
- 1913 - Entered journalist profession
- 1918 - Became leader of Syndicalist-oriented
socialistische Party (to 1925)
- 1918 - Elected to the Dutch Parliament
(served to 1922)
- 1920s - Became leader of the Justice and
Freedom Party
- 1927 - First embraced the philosophy of
Henry George
- 1927 - Translated Protection or Free
Trade into Dutch
- 1931 - Elected to the municipal council of
Groningen
- 1930s - Central figure in getting Georgist
views heard by officials
- 1936 - Paper, "State Interference in
Industry," presented at International Union conference,
London
- 1936 - Translated Progress and Poverty
into Dutch
- 1946 - Died
|
Kuiken,
Joh. |
...
|
- 1894 - Printer by profession; co-founded the
paper, Land and Labor, published thru 1896
|
Kulsdom,
J. |
...
|
- 1982 - Attended International Union
conference, Utrecht, Holland
|
Lameris,
H. |
Groningen
|
- 1938 - Serving as Treasurer, Justice and
Liberty
- 1938 - Letter to Henry George School, New
York, regarding Dutch translation of Progress and Poverty
by H.Kolthek, 24 May
|
LEAGUE
FOR THE REFORM OF LAND OWNERSHIP
|
...
|
- 1921 - Established
- 1921 - Paper, The New Earth,
published
- 1935 - The New Earth cases
publication in favor of Justice and Freedom
|
Metz,
Paul |
Velp |
- 1944 - Born, 28 July, The Hague
- 1994 - Introduced to Henry George's ideas by
Dutch School for Economics
- 2005 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; August
|
Miedema,
Petronella (Miss) |
...
|
- 1949 - Attended International Union
conference, Swanwick, England
|
NEW
EARTH, THE
(DeNiewe Aarde) |
Amsterdam
|
- 1931 - New Single Tax organ, edited by
L.A.B. Ulehake
|
Pot,
Hessel |
...
|
- 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Philadelphia, PA
|
Pot,
Jan |
Lunteren |
- 1955 - Attended International Union
conference, St. Andrews University, Scotland
- 1970 -
A Do-It Yourself
Theory of Money, International Union Newslettter,
February
- 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
San Francisco, California
- 1979 - Photograph
|
Pot,
Jan J. |
Rotterdam
Lunteren |
- 1958 - Letter printed, Henry George News
- 1961 - Letter printed, Henry George News,
July
- 1973 - Paper, "The Name of Our Union:
Answers Are Needed," presented at the 13th International
Conference on Land Value Taxation and Free Trade, Isle of Man,
September
- 1979 - Paper, "Tax Shift or Lease
Shift," delivered at Joint Georgist Conference, San
Francisco, CA, August
- 1982 - Paper, "Land Tenure in Holland
and the Progress of Georgist Ideas," presented at the
International Union conference, Utrecht, Holland
- 1984 - Elected to Executive Committee,
International Union
- 1984 - Attended International Union
conference, Cambridge, England
- 1986-87 - Letter printed, Georgist
Journal, Winter
- 1989 - Paper,
Land
Value Taxation: Implementation Along Another Way,
presented at the Joint Georgist Conference, Philadelphia, PA
- 1989-90 - Letter printed, Georgist
Journal, Winter
- 1992 - Article, "Robinson Crusoe and
Rent," Georgist Journal, Spring
- 19-- - Pamphlet, Implementation: How to
Switch Rent to the Treasury, published
- 2001 - Died
|
Prakken,
... |
...
|
- 1928 - Editor, The New Earth
(promoting land value taxation)
|
Prins,
P. |
...
|
- 1949 - Attended International Union
conference, Swanwick, England
- 1952 - Attended International Union
conference, Odense, Denmark
|
Rauwerda,
A. |
...
|
- 1894 - Co-founded paper, Land and Labor,
which was published until 1896
|
Reiche,
Daan |
The
Hague |
- Member, Henry George
Institute, active with Grondvest
- 1981 - Died
|
Sevenster,
Arjen |
... |
- Editor, Ons
Erfdeel (Our Heritage)
- 1940s - Organized the Union for Justice and
Freedom, and served as chairman
- 1949 - Attended International Union
conference, Swanwick, England
- 1957 - Reported on Dutch Georgists at IU
conference
- 1959 - Attended International Union
conference, Hanover, West Germany
- 1960 - Article,
Georgism
vs. Socialism, Henry George News, January
|
Sevenster,
Joke |
... |
- 1964 - Attended International Union
conference, New York
- 1995 - Died
|
Sevenster,
Siebe |
(Bennekom) |
- 1959 - Report on Dutch Georgist activity
delivered at International Union conference, Hanover, West
Germany
- 1969 - Book, Creative Justice Through
Land Reform (Creatieve Gerechtigheid door Grondrecht),
published
- 1971 - Article,
The Cause of
Inflation, Henry George News, June
- 1973 - Attended International Union
conference, Isle of Man, September
- 1978 - Article, "Rent of Land
Philosophy," Georgist Journal, Winter
- 1979 - Paper, "The Essence, The
Functioning, and the Destination of Land Values," presented
at the Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, California
- 1982 - Paper, "Land Values Part of
Wages for Labor," presented at the International Union
conference, Utrecht, Holland
- 1983 - Book, Reflections on the Work
Economy, published
- 1984 - Elected Vice President, International
Union
- 1984 - Attended International Union
conference, Cambridge, England
- 1990 - Article, "A Dutch Response (to
events in Eastern Europe)," Georgist Journal, Spring
|
Sligter,
A.B. de |
...
|
- 1982 - Paper, "The Leasehold System in
the Netherlands," presented at the International Union
conference, Utrecht, Holland
|
Stoffel,
Jan |
...
|
- 1851 - Born, 28 Decmeber, Deventer
- 1890s - Edited the paper, Land for All,
pubilshed by the Dutch League for Land Nationalisation
- 1892 - Wrote to Henry George that neither
Progress and Poverty, nor The Condition of Labor
were selling well in Denmark; translated Social Problems
into Dutch; became a follower of Michael Flurscheim
- 1921 - Died, 24 February
|
Thoenes,
Piet |
... |
- Profession: Professor
Emeritus of Sociology, University of Utrecht
- 1986 - Delivered talk on income from land
rent, conference, September 26
|
Ulehake,
L.A.B. |
Amsterdam
|
- 1931 - Appointed editor, The New Earth
|
Wiersma,
J. |
...
|
- 1949 - Attended International Union
conference, Swanwick, England
|
Willems,
Jan |
...
|
- 1936-1940 - Active leader of the Dutch
League for the Abolition of Private Ownership of Land
- 1940s - Killed by the Nazis during the war
|
Ydema,
Onno I. |
... |
- 2002 - Prof. of Taxation, University of
Leyde
|
Clarke,
R.E. |
... |
- 1949
- Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
- 1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark
- 1955 - Attended International Union conference, St. Andrews
University, Scotland
|
Po-Shang,
Wong |
Kowloon |
- 1966
- Estatblished Henry George School extension and appointed director
- 1967 - Article, "Recent Disturbances in Hong Kong," Henry
George News, October
|
Stewart,
J.C. |
... |
- 1955
- Attended International Union conference, St. Andrews University,
Scotland
|
| Name |
Place(s)
of Residence |
Comments |
Braun
(Brann?),
Robert |
(Budapest) |
- 1879 - Born
- 190x - Met American Single Taxers
- 1909 - Published Henry George's Protection or Free Trade?
in Magyar
- 1914 - Published Henry George's Progress and Poverty in
Hungarian
- 1926 - Serving as special correspondent, Land and Freedom
(thru 19xx)
- 1937 - Died (age 58)
|
Heilig,
Bruno
|
...
|
- See listing under Austria for detailed biographical information
- 1928 - Expelled from Hungary "for his criticism of the landowners'
reactionary system."
|
Kerekes,
G.T. |
...
|
- 1908 - Born
- 1920s - Migrated to the United States
- 1933 - Graduated, Columbia University
- 1941 - Serving as foreign exchange specialist for U.s. Treasury
- 1943 - Attached to Office of Strategic Service, Joint Intelligence
Collecting Agency
- 1946 - Served as Chief Economics Officer on staff of Gen. Mark
Clark
- 1949 - Served on Marshall Plan administration staff in Vienna,
Austria (to 1951)
- 1951 - Returned to United States; completed graduate work at
Columbia; joined faculty of Babson College
- 1950s - Became strong supporter of Henry George's proposals
- 19-- - Elected to board, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
|
Major,
Robert |
... |
- 19-- - Served as aide to J.J. Pikler
- 1940s - Emigrated to Austria after Second World War
|
Mero,
Ferdinand |
...
|
- 1939
- Address, on rent, at the Henry George Congress, New York, NY; 29 August - 4 September
- 1949
- Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
|
Papai,
Bela |
... |
- 1944
- Ethnography student; arrested by the Gestapo and executed
|
Pikler,
Julius J. |
Budapest |
- 1864 - Born
- 1914 - Given Progress and Poverty by sociologist Robert
Braun; he was the Deputy Director of the Statistics Office in
Budapest
- 1917 - Instrumental in having the Budapest city council adopt an
ordinance to implement land-value taxation; other cities and towns
followed, but the measure was never implemented because of political
upheaval
- 19-- - Pamphlet, Symmetry in Budapest, advocating land
value taxation
- 1923 - Attended International Georgist conference, Oxford, and
reported on his activities
- 1926 - Attended International Conference, Copenhagen
- 1927 - Paper, on monetary reform published in a German economic
journal
- 1920s-30s - Led Henry George movement
- 1929 - Elected to Executive Committee, International Union
- 1929 - Attended International Union conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1940 - Served as special correspondent to Land and Freedom
- 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
- 1952 - Died
|
Ravasz,
Charles
Georgists in the Hungarian
Resistance |
Budapest
England
(London)
Australia
(Sydney) |
- Student
of J.J. Pikler
- 1943 - First introduced to Henry George's ideas
- 1945-48 - Member Hungarian diplomatic service
- 1949 - Fled Hungary
- 1949 - First attended Henry George School, London
- 1950 - Moved to Australia
- 1954-57 - Served as editor, The Standard, published in
Sydney
- 1957 - Article, Inside
Hungary, published in Land and Liberty
- 195- - Elected Vice president of IU
- 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Philadelphia, PA
- 1991 - Delivered talk on "Nationality and Ethnic Conflicts in
Eastern Europe," reprinted in Georgist Journal, Spring
|
Ravasz,
Karoly |
... |
- 1993
- Delivered talk, "An Opportunity for Georgism in Central-East
Europe?" at IU conference, Melbourne
|
Sos,
Aladar |
... |
- 1920s
- Became an advocate of land value taxation
- 1934 - Co-founded journal, State and Citizen, with Julius
Pikler (lasted to 1937)
|
Varga-Otvos,
Bela |
...
|
- 2004
- Attended International Union conference, Madrid, Spain
|
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