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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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India
Name Place(s) of Residence Comments
Adeeb,
Hnssein
...
  • 1952 - Article, "I Speak for Millions," Henry George News, May
Anderson,
F.G.H.
...
  • 1929 - Paper, "Some Facts, Fallacies and Reflections concerning the Land Revenue Systems in India," delivered at the International Conference to Promote Land Value Taxation and Free Trade; Edinburg, Scotland
Bhavan,
R.
...
  • 1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark
Chandrashekar ,
Prakash
...
Chaudray Delhi
  • 1956 - Worked to have Henry George course taught at a university
Chinai,
Mahendr M.
...
  • Studied under Harry Gunnison Brown at University of Missouri
  • 1961 - Teaching Henry George at Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute

INDUSTRY MAGAZINE
(Calcutta)
  • 1929 - Reviewed the anniversary edition of Progress and Poverty
  • 1939 - Reviewed The Land Question and Protection or Free Trade
Mukherjee,
Dhurjati
...
Singh,
Ravi Pratap
...
  • 2011 - Communicated with Alanna Hartzok regarding his interest in Georgist economics
  • 2011 - Paper, "The Inclusive Economics of Henry George -- A Progressivist Restatement, at a conference organized by the World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology; Amsterdam; 13-15 July
Ireland
Name Place(s) of Residence Comments
Barton,
Robert B.
...
  • 1933 - Article, "What Irishmen Owe To George," Land and Freedom, March-April. Quote: "Irishmen owe a deep debt of gratitude to Henry George. As a friend of Davitt he toured the country during the worst period of landlordism, and manfully fought our case for land emancipation in the United States of America and in England."
Bishop of Clonfert
...
  • 1880 - Read Progress and Poverty, and wrote: "Your doctrines are the old belief of our race. ...Our people have bowed to might, but they never have acknowledged the right of making land private property. In the old tongue they have cherished the old truth, and now in the providence of God the time has come for that faith to be asserted. ..." [Reprinted from Charles Albro Barker, Henry George, 1955, p.350]
Briscoe,
Councillor
(Dublin)
  • 1909 - Serving as Secretary, Town Tenants' League
Cairnes,
J.E.
...
  • Profession: Professor of Political Economy
  • 1870s - Published views on the land question similar to those later expressed by Henry George
Campbell,
George
...
  • 2010 - Presentation, "Politics and Potential of Site Value Taxation in Ireland," at International Union conference; 26 April
CHRISTIAN SOCIAL PARTY Dublin
  • 1985 - Formed by Georgists
Cliffe,
T.E.
Belfast
  • 1880 - Professor at Queens College
  • 1880 - Article, "Political Economy in the United States," Fortnightly Review
  • 1955 - Comment by Charles Albro Barker (Henry George, 1955, p.314): "... a strong scholar who had made himself an early crtic of the wages fund, and who wrote on land systems and on interest and profit. His first letter assured [Henry] George that the Manchester School was already more shaken than the journals would indicate; ..."
Cronin,
...
  • 1973 - Attended International Union conference, Isle of Man, September
Crotty,
Raymond

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Dublin
  • 1925 - Born, Kilkenny Town
  • 1955 - Became member of IU
  • 1955 - Attended International Union conference, St. Andrews University, Scotland
  • 1964 - Lectured on agricultural economics, University of Wales; then became research felow at Trinity College
  • 1964 - Paper, "The Irish Land Question," presented at the Joint Georgist conference, New York, NY, August-September
  • 1979 - Article, "The Paradox of Property," Land & Liberty, July/August
  • 1981 - Article, "How to Abolish the Income Tax," Land & Liberty, July/August
  • 198- - An Irish Farmer's Discovery, Land & Liberty
  • 1981 - Essay, The Irish Land Question and Sectarian Violence, published by ESSRA
  • 1982 - Paper, "Taxing Land and Economic Development in Ireland," presented at the International Union conference, Utrecht, Holland
  • 1987 - Article, The Failed Modernization of Ireland in the Late 19th Century, Land & Liberty, July-August
  • 1990 - Founding member, Campaign for National Development and Democracy
  • 1991 - Delivered talk, "Homeland as the Basis for Conflict: the Case of Ireland," at IU conference, London (March)
  • 1994 - Died, 1 January
  • 2001 - Cover to the book, published; When Histories Collide
  • 2001 - Review by Michael Mann of the book: When Histories Collide, by Raymond Crotty; 16 October
  • 2004 - Review by John Hall of the book: When Histories Collide, by Raymond Crotty; American Historical Review, October
Davison,
Joseph
...
  • 1926 - Attended International Conference, Copenhagen
Dawson,
J. (Father)
...
  • 1930s - Exchanged correspondence with Clyde W. Silvernale of Hollywood, California regarding Henry George
  • 1930 - Article about Georgism in Land and Freedom, November-December
Dawson,
Thomas (Rev.)
...
  • 1880s - Became an early supporter and friend of Henry George
  • 1929 - Met Anna George De Mille in London prior to her attendance of the International Union conference in Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 1937 - Letters exchanged with C.W. Silvernale of Hollywood, California; Recollections of Henry George in Ireland
Hennigan,
Brendan
...
Hobbins,
John
Limerick
  • 1960 - Article, "There is Still and Irish Land Question," Henry George News, January (reprinted from Henry George School Magazine, London)
Horsman,
Michael
County Wicklow
(Arklew)
  • 1983-84 - Article, "Will the Remedy Reduce the Price of Ground to Zero?" Georgist Journal, Winter
  • 1984 - Article, Raising Revenue Without Taxation: The Natural Resource Rent, January
  • 1984 - Attended International Union conference, Cambridge
  • 1987 - Joins Progressive Democrats
  • 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Philadelphia, PA
  • 1991 - Delivered talk on abolishing taxes in Ireland, IU conference, London (March)
  • 2004 - Attended International Union conference, Madrid, Spain
Hussey ,
Christopher
Dublin
  • 2002 - Book, For Protestant Self-Determination pubished
Lalor,
James
County Laois
  • 1807 - Born, County Laois; educated at Carlow Law College
  • 1845 - Wrote to Prime Minister Peel to urge settlement of the land question
  • 1847 - Wrote a series of letter to the Irish Tribune and The Nation on the land question and founded a tenants' rights league in County Tipperary
  • 1849 - Died, December in a Dublin prison
Lecky,
William E.H.
...
McGuigan,
J.H.
Northern Ireland
  • 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
  • 1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark
McHugh,
Edward
...
  • 1853 - Born, County Tyrone
  • 18-- - Moved to Glasgow, Scotland
  • 18-- - Became friends with Michael Davitt and an active follower of Henry George
  • 18-- - Became a member of the Glasgow Home Rule Association, and Secretary of the Glasgow branch of the Irish Land League
  • 188- - Toured Scotland with Henry George to found the Scottish Land Restoration League
  • 1896 - Helped organize the American Longshoremen's Union in New York City; lectured on the Single Tax
  • 1897 - Was with Henry George when George died
McLuskey,
William
...
  • 2000 - Article, "Property Tax Education Should Be 'Collection Led'," Land & Liberty, Autumn
Metcakfe,
Arthur W.
...
  • 1912 - Member, Irish Land Values League
Nulty,
Thomas (Rev.)
County Meath
  • 1816 - Born, Oldcastle, County Meath
  • 1864 - Appointed Bishop of Meath
  • 1880 - Address, on the land question, delivered to his diocese. Quote: "The system of land tenure in Ireland has created a state of human existence which in strict truth and justice can be characterized as the twin sister of slavery." [Quoted in Charles Albro Barker, Henry George, 1955, p.350]
  • 1880 - After reading Progress and Poverty, he wrote it "was the best book ever written on political economy since the 'Wealth of Nations'." [Quoted in Barker, p.351]
  • 1881 - Essay, Back To The Land, published
  • 1898 - Died, 28 December
Parnell,
Anna
...
  • 1881 - Helped form Ladies Land League
Ryan,
Eamon
...
  • 2009 - On behalf of the Green Party: "We will replace commercial rates with an annual site value tax based on the value of a specific piece of land without any improvements or buildings on it. This will apply exclusively to development land, investment properties, second and subsequent properties and state property. It will not apply to people's homes."
Sargent,
Trevor
...
  • 2009 - Leader of the Green Party; endorses move to land value taxation
Taylor,
Helen
...
  • Step-daughter of John Stuart Mill
  • 1991 - Helped form Ladies Land League
Wallace,
J. Bruce
...
  • 1853 - Born
  • 1885 - Converted to economic socialism
  • 1885 - Vice President of Christian Socialist League
  • 1887 - Began to published the Christian Socialist paper Brotherhood, which continued thru 1931
  • 1939 - Died

Wilson,
Andrew
Belfast
  • 1917 - Died


Israel
Name Place(s) of Residence Comments
Ascher,
Bernard (Dr.)
...
  • 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
  • 1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark
Ascher,
David B.
Haifa
  • Profession: Registrar of land in Haifa, Israel
  • 1957 - Delivered paper, "The Building: Land-Ratio," at IU conference
  • 1959 - Delivered speech on land appraisal at IU conference, Hanover, West Germany
  • 1966 - Article, "On the Threshold of Understanding," Land & Liberty, April
  • 1966 - Article, "Jugglers, Land and Taxes," Land & Liberty, September
  • 1968 - Paper, Land Registration and Land Value, at International Union conference, Caswell Bay, Wales, September
  • 1969 - Letter, supporting preference for leasing of public lands vs private deeds, Henry George News, May
  • 1971 - Article, "Some Reflections on India," Land & Liberty, November-December
Bauer,
Ruth (Barbara)
(Herzliyah Pituach)
  • 1980s - Completed courses at the Henry George School, Philadelphia
  • 1992 - Moved to Israel
Bernstein,
I.
...
  • 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
  • 1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark
Chester,
David M.
Petek Tikva


Italy
Name Place(s) of Residence Comments
Casanova,
F.
...
  • 1895 - Edited the Italian translation of Henry George's Social Problems
Einaudi,
Luigi
...
  • Profession: economist
  • 1904 - Argued for a land tax
  • 1948 - Elected President of the Italian Republic (served to 1955)
Fantini,
Nicola
...
  • 1912 - Active in Single Tax movement; proposed to Joseph Fels to start a newspaper
Filangieri,
Gaetano
...
  • 1752 - Born (Naples)
  • 1782 - Book, The Science of Legislation, the second book of which was devoted to economic problems and revealed the influence of the Physiocrats
  • 1788 - Died
HOUSING EXEMPTION LAW
...
  • 1928 - By royal decree all homes built throughout Italy between 1925 and 1935 were to be exempt from taxation, in an effort to solve the nation's housing shortage
ISTITUTO ETHOS Milan
  • 19-- - Founded
Kambo,
Luigi
...
  • 1928 - Monograph, "The Distribution of the Land," published in the Annals of the National Fascist Association of Engineers, Rome
Loria,
Achille
...
  • 1904 - Book, Verso la Ginstizia Sociale (Toward Social Justice), included a chapter on Henry George, critical of George's proposal
  • 1955 - Comment by Charles Albro Barker (Henry George, 1955, p.301): "But a recent scholarly finding, that the Italian land economist, Achille Loria, segments of whose thinking much resemble George's, largely contributed to the Turner hypothesis."
Major,
Robert (see U.K. listing)
...
  • 1949 - Paper, "False Land Reforms in Eastern Europe," presented at the International Union conference, Swanwick, England
Manni,
Remo
...
  • 1973 - Attended International Union conference, Isle of Man, September; preparing a new translation of Progress and Poverty
Mase'-Dari,
E.
...
  • Profession: Professor, University of Turin
  • 1895 - Wrote introduction, "Study of the Theories of Henry George," to Italian translation of Social Problems
Pagni,
Carlo
(Milan)
  • 1931 - Editor, Industria Lombarda; Letter: "I have pleasure in informing you that a complete review of 'Progress and Poverty' will be published in the 'Giornale degli Economisti', the foremost Italian economic review." Land and Freedom, March-April
Pulvirenti,
Natale
Milan
  • 1952 - Article, "A Single Tax -- The Taxpayer's Dream," Henry George News, April
  • 1962 - Offers Henry George course at Instituto Ethos
  • 1964 - Reported on Italy at International Union/Henry George School conference, New York, NY
  • 1973 - Director, Instituto Ethos of Milan
Visoni,
Nennuccio
...
  • 1973 - Attended International Union conference, Isle of Man, September