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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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Name Place(s) of Residence Comments
Dieng,
Aisssaton
...
  • ...
Dieng, Papa Meissa ...
  • Profession: Prof. , Gaston Berger University, St. Luis, Senegal
  • 2002 - Delivered Georgist seminar in Dakar in March

South Africa
Name Place(s) of Residence Comments
Ancketill,
Henry
Durban
  • 18-- - Born, England
  • 18-- - Migrated to the Unitd States; became a close friend and supporter of Henry George
  • 18-- - Migrated to South Africa
  • 1901 - Stood for Natal parliamentbut was not elected
ASSOCATION FOR INCENTIVE REVENUE RESEARCH
Muizenberg
Brittlebank,
A.
Johannesburg
  • 1909 - Active in Single Tax movement
Brown-Luthango,
Mercy
...
Daniel,
Maurice V.
Port Elizabeth
  • 1993 - Letter, "Land Tax Nations Only Hope," Eastern Province Herald, January 18
  • 2008 - Died
Dunkley,
Godfrey

Photograph
Cape Town
  • 1969 - Attended a part-time, 3-year economics program at SES in Johannesburg under Stephen Meintjes (to 1971)
  • 1972 - Became tutor in the SES program
  • 1974 - Paper, "Land Use and Society," presented to the Grahamstown Congress of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science; published in The Certified Engineer, February 1975
  • 1975 - Paper, "Where Human and Natural Resources Meet," at the conference on Resources of South Africa Today and Tomorrow; published in The Certified Engineer, February 1976
  • 1979 - Paper, The Three Pillars of Civilization, delivered at Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA, August
  • 1979 - Paper, A Memory of Civilization, presented the the Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA
  • 1979 - Photograph
  • 1980 - Joins Henry George Institute and IU
  • 1981 - Paper, "The Age of Interdependence in Progress," at AESEC Winter School, Stellenbosch
  • 1982 - Paper, "Rating in South Africa: A Quest for Stability Through Land Tenure and Taxation," presented at the International Union conference, Utrecht, Holland
  • 1983 - Article, "LVT: Key to Revival," Land & Liberty, May/June
  • 1984 - Elected Vice President, International Union
  • 1984 - Attended International Union conference, Cambridge, England
  • 1984 - Paper, "Natural Rent and the Road to Full Employment," The Certified Engineer, February
  • 1984 - Paper, "Unemployed Marginal Labour and Man's Right to Work"
  • 1984 - Letter, "Taxes and Unemployment," to the Katz Tax Commission, 22 July
  • 1984 - Leter, "Taxation System is Major Cause of Unemployment," The Star, 27 September
  • 1985 - Started the Association for Incentive Revenue Research (AIRR)
  • 1985 - Open letter, "Economic Manifesto," AIRR, 16 April
  • 1986 - Paper, "The Economy Can Be Revitalized by Tax Changes," to Purchasing Institute of South Africa, 21 July
  • 1986 - Submission to the Commission of Inquiry Into the Tax Structure of the Republic of South Africa, Association for Incentive Revenue Research Newsletter, February 1986 - Paper, The Character of a Nation is Shaped by its System of Taxation, AIRR Newsletter, February
  • 1986 - Paper, An Evaluation of Different Taxes with Respect to Their Effect on Unemployment, AIRR Newsletter, October
  • 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Philadelphia, PA
  • 1990 - Moved to Cape Town area
  • 1990 - Book, That All May Live, published
  • 1990 - Moved to Cape Town area
  • 1990 - Pamphlet, Land Tenure: A Time Bomb tucking in South Africa, excerpt printed in Georgist Journal, Spring
  • 1993 - Study on Novgorod, Russia; assisted by Tatayana Roshkoshnaya and edited by Fred Harrison
  • 1993 - Presentation, "Housing A Nation By Taxing Land," to the International Housing Conference, Cape Town, 10-14 May; Printed in the proceedings, Vol.2, p.728
  • 1993 - Attended International Union conference, Melbourne, Australia
  • 1993 - Elected President, International Union (to 1995)
  • 1994 - Elected President, IU, to serve term of 1995-97
  • 1994 - Article, "From Apartheid to Democracy in South Africa," Georgist Journal, Autumn
  • 1995 - Paper, A Rural Land Tax For the Republic of South Africa, AIRR Newsletter, June
  • 1995 - Attended International Unon conference, Roshkelda, Denmark
  • 1995 - Re-elected President, International Union (to 1997)
  • 1995 - Paper, Land Tax As Revenue: Collecting the Rent of Land, submitted to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Land Affairs, 13 June
  • 1997 - Article, "Cape Rating Debate Update," Georgist Journal, Summer
  • 1997 - Article, "Good News From Capetown, S.A.," Georgist Journal, Winter
  • 1999 - Participated in Parliament of the World's Religions, Cape Town
  • 1999 - Ch. 17, "Republic of South Africa" in Land Value Taxation Around the World, edited by Robert V. Andelson, pp. 299-311
  • 2000 - Letter printed, Land & Liberty, Spring
  • 2001 - Attended International Union conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 2001 - Presentation, Existing Taxation Undermines National Health, to a Public Hearing on Health, held by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, 22 October
  • 2002 - Paper, Cape Town New Rates Policy 2002-2003, 9 June
  • 2004 - Letter, Marginal Mining, printed in the South Africa Mechanical Engineer, June
  • 2004 - Submission, Foreign Control over Land in South Africa, to the Department of Land Affairs on Foreign Ownership of Land In South Africa, December
  • 2004 - Interviewed by Jackie Cameron, "Tackling Tax," South Africa Process Engineer, Issue 6
  • 2006 - Paper, Land Distribution and Full Employment, An Overview, submitted to the Department of Land Affairs, 23 September
  • 2006 - Paper, One Farmer One Farm, submitted to the Department of Land Affairs, 21 October
  • 2007 - Paper, Relationship of Rent, Taxation, Interest Rates and Land Values, May
  • 2009 - AIIR Newsletter No. 14, September
  • 2010 - Migrating to Perth, Australia
EAST LONDON ...
  • 1926 - Voted to raise its local revenues by a tax on land values only, November
Evans,
E.J.
Cape Province
  • 1902-1909 - Georgist, introduced Arthur Madsen to Henry George's ideas
  • 1926 - Attended International Conference, Copenhagen
  • 1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark
FREE PEOPLE, THE
...
  • 1943 - Quarterly journal of the Transvaal Georgists, pubished in English and Afrikaans
Harrison,
Wilfred
Cape Province
  • 1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark
Jacques,
J.G.M.
...
  • 1987 - Paper, Adam Smith's Philosophy on Taxation, AIRR Newsletter, October
  • 2003 - Member, School of Economic Science; testified on behalf of LVT before Parliamentary committee; co-author of The Trial of Chaka Dlamini
Jacques,
Michael
...
  • 2003 - Member, School of Economic Science; testified on behalf of LVT before Parliamentary committee; co-author of The Trial of Chaka Dlamini
  • 2009 - Died, 17 January
Lamb,
Charles
Capetown
  • 1936 - Recommended by George M. Lyon for Henry George School extension director in Capetown
Levett,
Harry Frederick
Transvaal
  • 1927 - Visited the United States for 2 years
  • 1935 - First read Progress & Poverty
  • 1936 - Moved to Johannesburg
  • 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
  • 1957 - Article, All-Round Reform
  • 1958 - Article, "The High Cost of Collections," published in Henry George News, March
Lucas,
Frank A.W.

Photograph
...
  • Served as Judge of Supreme Court
  • 1881 - born, Natal
  • 1910 - Joined South African Labor party and pledged support for LVT
  • 1916 - Drafted LVT legislation for Johannesburg
  • 1916 - Appointed Administrator, the Transvaal, and piloted the Rating Ordinance that applied to the entire formerTransvaal. In time 70% of RSA by value was on Site Value Rating (dismantled in 2004)
  • 1926 - Attended International Conference, Copenhagen
  • 1930 - Found a copy of Progress & Poverty
  • 1931 - Joined South African Labour Party because it advocated land value taxation
  • 1938 - Article, "Solving the Colonial Riddle," The Freeman, October
  • 1942 - Serving as co-editor, The Free People
  • 1946 - Book, South Africa as She Might Be, published
  • 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
  • 1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark
  • 195- - Article, Justice and Social Reform published by Land & Liberty
  • 1955 - Elected President of International Union
  • 1955 - Article, "Economic Dislocation Is Foreseen in South Africa In System of Segregation," Henry George News, June
  • 1955 - Address, Towards Real Peace, delivered to the 9th International Union conference, St. Andrews University, Scotland; reprinted in Henry George News, September
  • 1955 - Lectured in the U.S. under sponsorship of Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
  • 1956 - Article, Can Taxation Be Constructive, The Analysts Journal, February
  • 1956 - Booklet, "South Africa as She Might Be," published
  • 1957 - Booklet published, Can Taxation Be Constructive
  • 1957 - Article, Justice and Social Reform, Land & Liberty, April
  • 1959 - Article, The Challenge of World Problems, published in Henry George News, September
  • 1959 - Article, "The Challenge of world Problems," published in Henry George News, September
  • 1959 - died, April 22
Lyon,
George M.
Capetown
  • 1896 - Graduated from Princeton University
  • 1936 - Visited the United States and the offices of Land and Freedom in New York
Madlala,
A.M.
...
  • 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
McCulloch,
John
Johannesburg
  • Profession: city valuer
  • 1975 - Article, "Valuation Practices in South Africa," Land & Liberty, January/February
  • 1979 - Paper, "Site Value Rating in South Africa," delivered at Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA, August
  • 1983 - Interviewed in Financial Mail, April 8
McKibbin,
R.L.
...
  • 1930s - Lived in the United States for several years -- Philadelphia, PA,then Oakland, CA, where he learned of Henry George and purchased a used copy of Progress and Poverty
  • 1932 - Returned to South Africa near year-end
  • 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
Meakin,
Peter
...
  • 2003 - Address, "The Case for Land Rent Taxation in South Africa," at the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Bridgeport, CT, 17 July
  • 2010 - Attended the International Union conference, School of Economic Science, London, England, April
Meintjes,
Stephen
Johannesburg
  • Profession: stock broker
  • 2004 - Graduate of the School of Economic Science; co-author of The Trial of Chaka Dlamini
Pennefather,
W.
Natal
(Gillitts)
  • 1956 - died, April
Smith,
Mather
Johannesburg
  • 1942 - Co-Editor, The Free People
  • 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
  • 1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark
  • 1954 - Report on taxation of rural land in South America, Henry George News, September
Spillane,
Thomas
Natal
  • 1957 - Wrote to Minister of native Affairs re Henry George's ideas
Stibbe,
W.A.
Cape Town
  • 1998 - Article, "Apartheid Land Laws," Land & Liberty, Summer
  • 2001 - Letter, responding to Kenneth Jupp's position on changing the name of the International Union; Land & Liberty, Summer
Temple,
Charles Lindsay

  • 1898 - Learned of the Single Tax in Brazil when he was in the Consular Service at Para and Manaos from 1898 to 1901
  • 1910 - Appointed chief Secretary of Northern Nigeria
  • 1914 - Appointed Lieut-Governor of the Protectorate (to 1917)
  • 1918 - Book, Native Races and Their Rulers
  • 1929 - Died, 9 January, at Granada, spain, where he had resided for some years
Theron,
Lynette
Johannesburg
  • 1992 - Senior lecturer in Mercantile Law, Rand Afrikaans University; writing Ph.D. dissertation on land taxation
Verinder,
Frances (Miss)
Cape Province
  • 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
Worrelll,
Dorothy
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