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A Biographical History of the Georgist Movement



“The grey heads and bald heads are in the majority. The problem that confronts those of us who want the torch held up in the future, is to fill up the ranks. In order to do that many things must be done, but we must not depend on the old or middle-aged. Somehow or other we must devise a way to reach the minds of the young people – when their minds are open, when they are ready for new truths.”

Mr. Rose, of Kansas City, Missouri (from a speech at the 1928 Henry George Foundation Congress, Chicago. Reprinted in: Land and Freedom, September-October 1928)


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Haiti
Name Place(s) of Residence Comments
Bellande,
Henri
...
  • ...
Nicolas,
Schiller
...
  • 1956 - Address to International Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, on land tenure and taxation


Holland
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
Graaf,
J. de
(Amsterdam)
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
GRONDVEST Amersfoot
  • ...
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



Hong Kong
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


Hungary
Name Place(s) of Residence Comments
Balzs,
J. (Dr.)
...
  • 2001 - Died
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
  • 1921 - Translated Henry George's Social Problems into 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."
Herzl,
Theodor
Budapest
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
Konya,
Balazs
(Budapest)
  • ...
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