| Name |
Place(s)
of Residence |
Comments
|
Labadie,
Charles Joseph |
Michigan
(Detroit) |
- 1850 - Born, April 18, Paw Paw, Michigan
- 1872 - Settled in Detroit
- 1877 - Joined Socialist Labor Party
- 1881 - Opened correspondence with Henry
George
- 1883 - Abaondoned socialism and embraced
individualist anarchism
- 18-- - Essay, "What Is Socialism,"
published
- 1933 - Died, 7 October, Detroit
|
Labadie,
Larry |
New
York
(Suffern) |
- 1955 - Letter, Henry George News,
May
|
Lacey,
Jean |
California
(San Francisco) |
- 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
San Francisco, CA
|
Lachner,
George |
California
(San Francisco) |
- 1961 - Attended Henry George School
conference, Chicago
- 1961 - Elected trustee, Henry George School
- 1961 - Attended Henry George School
conference, Hartford, Connecticut
- 1973 - Attended International Union
conference, Isle of Man, September
- 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
San Francisco, CA (residing in Hawthorne, New Jersey) 1982 -
Attended International Union conference, Utrecht, Holland
- 1984 - Attended International Union
conference, Cambridge, England
- 1984 - Elected V.P., International Union
- 1984 - Residing in Hawthorne, New Jersey
- 1986 - Died
|
Lackey,
Jean |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1943 - Residing in Montreal, Quebec
- 1943 - Attended annual Henry George birthday
celebration, Arden, Delaware; 5 September
- 1944 - Letter, regarding the emerging land
boom in the USA, Henry George News, March
- 1979 - Photograph
|
Lafever,
Tim |
Pennsylvania
(Spring Grove) |
- 19xx - Becomes member, Henry George
Foundation of America
- 1986 - Died, March
|
LaFollette,
Robert M. |
...
|
|
LaFollette,
Suzanne |
...
|
- 1890s - Family moved to Washington, D.C.
while father served in the U.S. House of Representatives
- 1893 - Born, Washington State
- 1919 - Graduated college, joined the station
of The Nation, where she met Albert Jay Nock
- 1920 - Joined The Freeman as an
editor, stayed until it ended publication in 1924
- 1926 - Book, Concerning Women,
reprinted by Arno Pressi, 1972
- 1929 - Book, Art in America,
published
- 1930 - Founded New Freeman, which
foled after 15 months; turned to freelance writing
- 1937 - Actively participated in the
Committee for the Defense of Leon Trotsky
- 1950 - Became managing editor of the reborn
The Freeman
- 1952 - The Freeman was sold to
Leondard Read and she departed; became a staunch anti-Stalinist
and anti-communist
- 1955 - Became founding editor of the National
Review
- 1959 - Retired
- 1981 - Article by Sharon Presley, "A
Remembrance," Association of Libertarian Feminists
- 1982 - Died
|
LaForest,
Jules |
Louisiana
|
- 1921 - Article, on the Single Tax, Cornet
of Thibodaux (paid for by himself as an advertisement)
|
LaFortune,
Charlotte (Betty) |
California
(San Diego)
(Capitola) |
- 1993 - Letter, regarding Unitarians, The
Illinois Georgist, Vol.5, No.1, Winter
|
LaFortune,
Louis |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 1949 - Completed Henry George School course
- 1953 - Appointed Field Director
|
Lake,
Charles D. |
Alabama
(Fairhope) |
- 1994 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, Fairhope, Alabama
|
Lake,
Waldo E. |
... |
- 1953 - Article, "No Heritage in the
Land," Henry George News, December
- 1955 - Article, "Do We Overlook a
Factor," Henry George News, June
- 1956 - Article, "Suburban Development,"
Henry George News, April
|
Lamb,
W.B. |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 1939 - Review of the book,
Henry
George, by Albert Jay Nock, Land and Freedom,
November-December
|
Lamb,
W. Taft |
New
Jersey
(Lawnside) |
- 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
|
Lambert,
Fred |
Colorado
(Denver) |
- 1915 - Drew a series of cartoons championing
the Single Tax
|
Lambert,
William |
New
York
(Ellenville) |
- 1890 - Serving as President, Single Tax Club
of Ellenville
|
Lampman,
Rex |
... |
- 1938 - Article, "Inheritance Tax: The
Landlord's Out," The Freeman, December
|
Lancaster,
Ralph P. |
Ohio
Zanesville |
- 1942 - Letter, supporting the editorial
policy of The Freeman, January
|
Land,
J.P. De |
Florida
|
- 1931 - Lecturing on Henry George to his
political economy students
|
Land,
L.B. |
... |
- 1894 - Charter member, Fairhope Industrial
Association
|
LAND
AND FREEDOM
|
... |
- 1913 - Published in New York by Joseph Dana
Miller, located at 150 Nassau Street
- 1924 -
cover page
- 1926 - Article,
What Land
and Freedom Stands For, September-October
- 1940 -
cover page
- 1940 - Map,
An Economic
Picture of the United States, Land and Freedom
- 1941 - Article,
A
Legislative Framework for the Philosophy of Henry George,
by Walter Fairchild, harry C. Maguire and Charles Joseph Smith
- 1942 - A Statement
of Principles
- 1942 -
Cover,
from the July-August issue
- 1942 -
Cover,
from the September-October issue
- 1942 -
Cover,
from the November-December issue
- 1943 -
Cover,
April-May issue
- 1943 - Ended publication (Joseph Dana Miller
died in 1939)
|
| LAND,
EQUALITY AND FREEDOM (L.E.A.F.) |
California
(San Diego)
|
- 1974 - Founded, with its headquarters in San
Diego
- 1975 - First Annual National Conference,
University of California, San Diego
- 1975 - Photograph-1,
Photograph-2 from annual
conference
- 1976 - Second Annual National Conference,
University of San Francisco, San Francisco
- 1977 - Hosted joint hearing on land value
taxation with Sacramento City Council and Board of Supervisors
|
LAND
MARKER, THE
|
... |
- 1975 - Published by the Henry George School,
Chicago, Illinois; Rosalie M. Schultz, Editor
|
LAND
PARTY OF NEW YORK STATE
|
... |
- 1916 - Headquarters located at 252 N. 14th
Street, New York city; Gaston Haxo, Secretary
- 1916 - Article, "Principles and
Platform," Single Tax Review, July-August
|
LAND
REFORM LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA
|
California
(San Francisco) |
- 1878 - Formed in San Francisco; Patrick J.
Murphy, Secretary
|
| LAND
VALUE TAXATION LEAGUE OF PENNSYLVANIA |
Pennsylvania
(Pittsburgh) |
- 1915 - Located at Garrison Buiding, Third
Avenue and Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA; P.R. Williams, Exec.
Secretary
|
Landry,
Valarie |
New
York
(Rochester) |
- 1886 - Founding member of Rochester Single
Tax Club
- 1928 - Still active Single Tax supporter
|
Lane,
Franklin Knight |
Wisconsin
|
- 1864 - Born, 15 July, Charlottetown, Prince
Edward Island, Canada
- 1871 - Family oved to California (Napa);
then moved to Oakland
- 1884 - Entered University of California
while working as a reporter for several San Francisco newspapers
- 1888 - Passed California bar; became
reporter at San Francisco Chronicle; joined Young Men's
Democratic League and worked for adoption of Australian ballot
- 1889 - Engaged in discussions of Henry
George's Progress and Poverty at the Reform Club
- 1891 - Became New York City correspondent
for the San Francisco Chronicle; became acquainted with
Henry George
- 1891 - Became editor, Tacoma Daily News
- 1891 - Began correspondence with Henry
George 1895 - Returned to San Francisco after his newspaper
folded
- 1898 - Elected city-county attorney in San
Francisco
- 1902 - Democratic candidate for governor of
California
- 1905 - Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt to
Interstate Commerce Committee (served to 1913)
- 1913 - Appointed Secretary of the Interior
by Woodrow Wilson (served to 1920)
- 1921 - Died, 18 May
|
Lane,
Jesie L. |
District
of Columbia
|
- 1915 - Serving as President, Woman's Single
Tax League
- 1916 - Attended Joseph Fels Fund conference,
Niagara Falls, NY, 19-21 August
|
Lane,
Rose Wilder |
...
|
- 1938 - Book, Free Land, published
|
Lane,
Theodore |
New
York
(Long Island) |
- 1890 - Active in the single tax movement
|
Lang,
Edward G. |
Pennsylvania
(Pittsburgh) |
- 1937 - Serving as President, Henry George
Fellowship
|
Langewiesche,
Wolfgang |
... |
- 1961 - Article, "Land Speculation and
How to Stop It," published in Readers Digest, July
|
Lankton,
Clark S. |
Alabama
(Fairhope) |
- 1994 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, Fairhope, Alabama
|
Lantz,
Walter A. |
Wisconsin
(Luck) |
- 189- Friend of Henry George and John Z.
White; was a member of the Chicago Single Tax Club
- 1931 - Published serially in a number of
Wisconsin weeklies articles entitled "The Sins of the
Fathers"
- 1937 - Letter, printed in Land and
Freedom, May-June
|
Lapham,
J.K. |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1967 - Attended Henry George School
conference, Montreal, Quebec; July
|
Larkin,
Thomas A. |
... |
- 1958 - Trustee, Robert Schalkenbach
Foundation
- 1961 - Elected trustee, Henry George School,
NY
- 1967 - Served as trustee, Henry George
School, New York
- 1989 - Died, June 2
|
Larrabee,
Frank D. |
California
(Hollywood) |
- 1856 - Born, Oswego County, New York
- 1880s - Resided in Minnesota; practiced law
and became an active Single Taxer
- 1931 - Retired, and moved to California
- 1933 - Died
|
Larson,
Betty |
Wisconsin
(Beloit) |
- 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
|
Larson,
Gosta |
... |
- 1942 - Book, Revolt in Arcadia
|
Lassiter,
Leonardo |
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia) |
- 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist conference,
New York, NY
|
Laue,
J. Charles |
New
York |
- 1938 - Instructor, Henry George School
|
Lavery,
Charles. J. (Dr.) |
South
Dakota
(Aberdeen) |
- 19-- - Serving as Secretary, South Dakota
Central Tax Reform League
- 1933 - Letter, to the National
Transportation Committee, New York, regarding the taxation of
railroads. Reprinted in Land and Freedom,
January-February
- 1934 - Address, supporting "Take Taxes
Out of Prices," as a movement slogan, the need to reduce
the price of farmland and other measures, delivered at the Henry
George Congress, Chicago, Illinois
- 1935 - Article, "Cut Taxes and Reduce
Carrying Charges," Land and Freedom,
January-February
- 1938 - Article,
A
Practical Way Out of the Depression, Land and Freedom,
November-December
- 1939 - Letter, urging elimination of
taxation "on railroads or other
transportation facility," Land and Freedom,
November-December
|
Lavery,
Charles L. |
South
Dakota
(Aberdeen) |
- 1944 - Letter, criticizing the Atlantic
Charter as standing for statism, Henry George News, July
|
Lawrence,
David L. |
Pennsylvania
(Pittsburgh) |
- 1946 - elected Mayor, Pittsburgh
- 1958 - End of term as Mayor; elected
Governor
- 1958 - Address, "Pittsburgh's Progress
under the Graded Tax Plan," delivered at the Henry George
Foundation conference, Pittsburgh, PA, November
- 1960 - Governor of Pennsylvania
- 1960 - Letter endorsing two-rate property
tax printed, Henry George News, August
|
Lawrence,
Edward M. |
Alabama
(Fairhope) |
- 19-- - Graduated from the University of
Wisconsin, urban studies; earned masters degree from School of
Commerce
- 2005 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; August
- 2006 - Serving as Director, Fairhope Single
Tax Corp. and President, Georgist Association of Alabama
- 2006 - Address, "What Makes a Downtown
Special," Council of Georgist Organizations conference,
Evanston, IL, 19-23 July
- 2006 - Paper,
Henry
George: The Relevance of His Philosophy Today presented at
the Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship, 22 October
- 2007 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA,
July
- 2007 - Response,
Georgist
Proposals and the Global Warming Controversy, to comments
made by Charles S. Haughey in July. 23 December
|
Lawrence,
L.B. |
New
York
(Long Island) |
- 1939 - Teaching Henry George class
|
Lawson,
Fenton |
Ohio
(Cincinnati) |
- 1918 - Letter, Everyman, March, in
which he wrote: "I think it the
height of wisdom for the singletaxers of the country to
concentrate their efforts on California this year, where there
are such splendid prospects of citory."
- 1926 - Elected to the National Advisory
Committee, Henry George Foundation of America
|
Lawton,
J.B. |
Florida
(Orlando) |
- 1918 - Letter, Everyman, April
|
Lazaar,
Herman A. |
New
Jersey
(Metuchen)
|
- 19-- - Born
- 1941 - Received degree in physics, Columbia
University (worked on the Manhattan Project)
- 1949 - Enrolled in Henry George School,
Perth Amboy, under Ernest Eblovi
- 1973 - Served as trustee, Henry George
School, New York
- 1982 - Attended annual Georgist Conference,
Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA, 16-19 July
- 1996 - Serving on the board, Henry George
School, New York (at least through 2004)
|
Lazarus,
Emma |
...
|
- 1849 - Born
- 1880s - Became strong supporter of Henry
George's campaign and corresponded with George
- 1881 - Poem, "Progress and Poverty,"
published in the New York Times, 2 October
- 1887 - Died (cancer)
|
Lea,
Arthur |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1948 - Teacher, responsible for outreach
into communities, Henry George School
- 1950 - Attended Henry George School
conference, St. Louis, Missouri, 13-16 July
- 1953 - Attended Henry George School
conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 2-4 July
|
Leach,
J.J. (Mrs.) |
Illinois
|
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
|
Leacock,
Stephen |
...
|
- Profession: Professor of
Political Economy
- 1869 - Born, 30 December; Swanmore,
Hampshire, England
- 1875 - Migrated to Canada with his family;
settled on a farm in Ontario
- 1899 - Began graduate studies in political
science and political economy at the University of Chicago
- 1903 - Dissertation, "The Doctrine of
Laissez-Faire"
- 190x - Appointed lecturer, then head of
department of political economy at McGill University, Montreal
- 1906 - Book, Elements of Political
Science. Quote: "... a
single tax, laid on all forms of property alike, seemed to
commend itself as the most uniform and the most equitable. In
practice it has shown itself to be distressingly inequitable.
This is due in part to the manner of its assessment..."
(p.316) The full text is made available online by Google Books
- 1920 - Book, The Unsolved Riddle of
Social Injustice
- 1929 - Quote: "When
I sit and warm my hands, as best I may, at the little heap of
embers that is now political economy, I cannot but contrast its
dying glow with the vainglorious and triumphant science than
once it was."
- 1930 - Book, Economic Prosperity in the
British Empire
- 1944 - Died, 28 March
|
LEAGUE
FOR FREEDOM
|
New
York
(New York) |
- 1940 - Established, with Henry J. Foley as
Chairman; working as an instructore for establishing chapters
|
Leake,
B. Gage |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 1938 - Instructor, Henry George School (at
least thru 1940)
|
Learn,
George |
Missouri
(St. Louis) |
- 1967 - Attended Henry George School
conference, Montreal, Quebec; July
|
Leary,
W.J. |
Illinois
|
- 1921 - Serving as State Chairman, Illinois
Single Taxers
|
Leavens,
G. St. J. |
...
|
- 1889 - Participated in National Conference
of Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September
|
LeBaron,
James Wade |
... |
- 1942 - Letter, objecting to editorial policy
and publication of an article by Rutgers University President on
the need to support the war effort, The Freeman, October
|
LeBosky,
Jacob C. |
Illinois
|
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
|
Ledeen,
Hymen |
California
(Pasadena)
|
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA
|
Ledoux,
Urbain |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1933 - Candidate for mayor of New York City
on the Single Tax ticket with the same 1186 platform adopted by
Henry George
|
Lee,
George E. |
Illinois
|
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
|
Lee,
George E. |
California
(Pasadena) |
- 1943 - Joined faculty, Henry George School
- 1953 - Stepped down as President, Henry
George School board
- 1954 - Died, 2 May
|
Lee,
J. Bracken |
... |
- 1958 - Article, "Let's Abolish the
Income Tax," Henry George News, August
- 1958 - Paper, "Abolish the Income Tax,"
presented at the Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
|
Lee,
Jubal |
Pennsylvania
(York) |
- 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
- 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
|
Lee,
William J. |
Connecticut
(Stanford) |
- 19-- - Became arden follower of Henry George
- 1930 - Letter, regarding the Single Tax,
Bridgeport Connecticut Post
- 1936 - Serving as an instructor, Henry
George School extension
- 1942 - Died, 25 January
|
Leenhouts,
Cornelius |
Wisconsin
(Milwaukee) |
- 1928 - Secretary, League of Wisconsin Single
Taxers
- 1931 - Letter, opposing "lining up
with any party that has not the elements of the economic rent
for the people as their slogan." Land and Freedom,
March-April
- 1935 - Died
|
Leeuwen,
M.J. Van |
Massachusetts
(Boston) |
- 1940 - Instructor, Henry George School
|
LeFevre,
Robert |
... |
- 1911 - Born
- 1957 - Founded Freedom School in Colorado
Springs, Colorado; later changed to Rampart College
- 1964 - Article, "Frank Chodorov:
Teacher," reprinted in Fragments, Spring 1995
- 19-- - Photograph
- 1965 - Article,
A
Challenge to the Georgists, Rampart Journal;
reprinted in the American Journal of Economics and Sociology
- 1969 - Article,
Whale
Money -- An Instance of Private Enterprise Coinage, Henry
George News, June
- 1974 - Address, [topic not known] delivered
at the Henry George School conference, Goleta, CA
- 1984 - Photograph
- 1986 - Died
- 1995 - Article,
Frank
Chodorov: Teacher, Fragments, Spring
- 2001 -
The
Wisdom of Lefevre by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., July
|
Lefferts,
Shirley |
New
Jersey
Roselle
|
- 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
|
Leffingwell,
Elmore (Dr.) |
... |
- 1940 - Address, "Who Moulds Public
Opinion -- and How?" at Long Island Forum, 30 April
|
Leggett,
Joseph |
Colorado
(Denver) |
- Profession: lawyer
- Quote: "We
will never get the Single Tax directly through the efforts of
Single Taxers; but they through their propaganda will so fill
the atmosphere with the Single Tax principles that the whole
community will absorb and apply them without knowing that they
are the Single Tax."
- 18-- - Born, Dublin, Ireland
- 1868 - Migrated to California; living in San
Francisco, was part of "the
early group of Single Tax pioneers in Judge Maguire's office.
..."
- 1878 - Elected President, Land Reform League
of California
- 1899 - Photograph
- 1917 - Died
|
Lehmann,
Tom |
Illinois
(Alton)
|
- 1986 - Article, "LVT Would Be Real Tax
Reform," Equal Rights, Summer
- 1993 - Letter, St.Louis Dispatch,
January 14
|
Lehmann,
Mary L. |
Texas
(Austin) |
- 2003 - Established the website, "Keep
the Land," to pressure the City of Austin to lease rather
than sell prime public land for development
- 2005 - Letter, "Revenue for Schools,"
printed in the Texas Observer, 8 July; reprinted in GroundSwell,
September-October
- 2006 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, Evanston, IL, July
|
Lehr,
Adam |
Ohio
|
- 1921 - Candidate for State Treasurer,
Single Tax Party
|
Lehr,
George W. |
Missouri
(St.Louis) |
- Profession: banking
- 1988 - Died
|
Leibe,
Harold G. |
Connecticut
(Hartford) |
- 1940 - Instructor, Henry George School
|
Leinberger,
Christopher |
...
|
- Profession: Urban Land Strategist
- 2004 - Participated in panel, "Addressing
Housing Needs," Council of Georgist Organizations
conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
Leiser,
Albert |
California
(San Diego) |
- 1960 - Trustee, Henry George School
|
Leister,
Mortimer A. |
...
|
- 1940 - Article, "Recommendations for
the Georgeist Program," Land and Freedom,
September-October
|
Lemon,
Francis Q. |
Delaware |
- 1943 - Taught Henry George coruses in
Wilmington, Delaware, sponsored by the Democratic City Committee
|
Lenihan,
Toby |
Alabama
(Robertsdale) |
- 1994 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, Fairhope, Alabama
|
Lent,
C.P. |
New
York
(New York)
|
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA
|
Lenten,
Nicholas |
California
(La Mesa) |
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA
- 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
- 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
San Francisco, CA
- 1989 - Trustee, Basic Economic Education
|
Lentz,
John J. |
Ohio
(Cleveland) |
- 1926 - Delegate to Henry George Congress,
Philadelphia
|
Leogrande,
Ernest |
... |
- 1952 - Article, "The Street Expects
Changes to be Gradual," Henry George News, December
- 1953 - Article, "Henry George and
Catholic Doctrine, An Inquiry into the McGlynn Case," Henry
George News, March and May
- 1953 - Article, "Peace Is Bullish,"
Henry George News, June
- 1953 - Article, "Economics for
Children," Henry George News, December
- 1956 - Article, "Desires Unlimited,"
Henry George News, April
- 1956 - Article, "Of Bananas and Ears,"
Henry George News, May
|
Leon,
Danie De |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1852 - Born, Island of Curacao
- 1880 - Active supporter of Henry George
- 1889 - Joined Socialist Labor Party;
advocated democratic control of industries by worker councils
- 1914 - Died, New York City, 11 May
|
Leon,
William |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1937 - Became student at Henry George
School; later joined faculty
- 1944 - Began teaching at Henry George School
following discharge from the Merchant Marine
- 1952 - Died, August 12
|
Leonard,
Charles F. |
California
Arcadia |
|
Leonard,
Samuel |
California
(El Monte)
|
- 1979 - Attened Joint Georgist Conference,
San Francisco, CA
- 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
New York, NY
|
Leonard,
Samuel |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- Profession:
screenplay writer
- 1987 - Left substantial bequest to Henry
George School, Chicago
|
Leonard
(Levin),
Samuel N. |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 1936 - On editorial staff of Henry George
Fellowship
|
Leonardi,
Mark J.J. |
Massachusetts
(Boston) |
- 1937 - Serving as President, Henry George
Fellowship
|
Lerster,
Mortimer A. |
New
York
(Brooklyn) |
- 1944 - Letter, indicating his intent to
write a paper answering Thomas Henry Huxley's arguments against
Henry George, Henry George News, March
|
Leslein,
Betty Swayne |
George
(Big Canoe) |
- 1991 - Letter, to Mike Curtis at Henry
George School, Philadelphia, indicating her support of Georgist
movement, 14 September
|
LeStourgeon,
E. Guy |
Texas
(San Antonio) |
- 19-- - Serving as President, San Antonio
Economic Study Club
- 1916 - Address,
Social
and Economic Conditions in Modern America, at Independence
Day celebration, 30 June, San Antonio, Texas. Single Tax
Review, January-February 1916
- 1918 - Letter, Everyman, April, in
which he wrote: "I was shocked
and grieved to learn of the death of Herman. His loss coming at
this time is certainly a hard blow. I know how terrible it will
seem to you in Los Angeles. Of course, I feel as you do that
nothing will stop the good work. The remainder of us merely have
that much more to do."
|
LeTourneau,
R.G. |
... |
- 1950 - Article, "Booms and Busts,"
Henry George School, December
|
Leubuscher,
Frederic Cyrus |
New
York
(New York)
New Jersey |
- 1858 - Born, New York City
- 1883 - Attended City College and graduated
from Columbia University Law School
- 1884 - Began law practice
- 1887 - Co-authored book, Henry George's
1886 Campaign, with Louis F. Post
- 1910 - President, Manhattan Single Tax Club
- 1910 - Attended Single Tax Conference, New
York, NY, November
- 1917 - Address,
A
Remembrance of Henry George, Jr., delivered at the
Memorial Meeting held at the Lenox Avenue Unitarian Church, 29
March 1917. Single Tax Review, March-April
- 1926 - Introduced resolution at
International Conference in Copenhagen to form International
Union
- 1926 - Address, "Land Value Taxation in
Practice," at International Union conference, Copenhagen,
Denmark
- 1928 - Address,
A
Remembrance of Louis F. Post, at a memorial meeting held
in New York, NY, 10 April
- 1929 - Attended Henry George Foundation of
America Congress, Pittsburgh, PA, September; elected to the
board, Henry George Foundation of America
- 1929 - Elected to Executive Committee,
International Union conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1934 - Stepped down from board, Henry George
School, New York, NY
- 1934 - Resigned form the board, Henry George
Foundation of America
- 1935 - Attended Henry George Congress, New
York, NY; September
- 1936 - Serving on board, Henry George
School, New York, NY
- 1937 - Article, "No Taxes," Land
and Freedom, September-October
- 1937 - Serving as Director, The Freeman
Corp.
- 1938 - Article, "Keeping Those Buzzards
Out," The Freeman, October
- 1939 - Article, "Quints Quintuple Land
Values," The Freeman, January
- 1939 - Article,
A
Remembrance of Bolton Hall, The Freeman, January
- 193- - Elected first President, Henry George
School, New Jersey
- 1939 - Review of Albert Jay Nock's book Henry
George,
Henry
George, The Freeman, published with the title,
"Neither Anarchism Nor Communism," October
- 1940 - Died, 18 August (at his home in
Essex Falls, New Jersey); left a bequest of $3,000 to the Henry
George School
|
LeVan,
Marie A. |
Connecticut
(Hartford) |
- 1941 - Secretary, Henry George Fellowship
- 1945 - Elected Vice President, Henry George
School, Hartford, Connecticut
|
Leverenz,
Fred J. |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 1940 - Essay, "Solution to the Problem
of the Employee, Employer and the Public," written for
contest sponsored by the Rotary Club of Chiago, February
|
Leverette,
William |
South
Carolina
(Greenville) |
- 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
|
Leverson,
Montague |
South
|
- 1880 - Article, on Henry George's Progress
and Poverty, weekly Argonaut
- 1955 - Comment by Charles Albro Barker (Henry
George, 1955, p.318): "Leverson
himself saluted 'Progress and Poverty' as 'the book of the
half-century'' and then proved his sincerity by withholding a
primer of economics he was writing until he could assimilate the
ideas he now accepted."
|
Levetan,
Liane |
Georgia
(Atlanta)
|
- 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist conference,
New York, NY
|
Levin,
Alexander (Rabbi) |
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia) |
- 1940 - Member, Henry George School advisory
council
|
Levin,
Eugene |
California
(Sacramento)
Washington
(Seattle) |
- 1928 - Born, 26 April, Los Angeles
- 1946 - Moved to Washington State; graduated
from University of Washington, School of Engineering
- 1967 - Joins faculty, Henry George School
- 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Philadelphia, PA
- 1992 - Elected trustee, Common Ground USA
- 1994 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, Fairhope, Alabama
- 2002 - Died, 8 April
|
Levin,
Samuel Mordecai |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- Profession: Professor of
Economics, Wayne State University, Detroit; also a playwright
- 1888 - Born, 6 June (Liskova, Poland)
- 189x - Family migrated to the United States,
settled in Detroit, Michigan
- 1912 - Earned B.A., University of Michigan
- 1915 - Began teaching history and economics
in the Detroit Central High School and Detroit Junior College
- 1920 - Chaired a committee to revise the
history curriculum of Detroit's secondary schools
- 1925 - Earned M.A., University of Chicago
- 1925 - Appointed Professor and head of the
Social Science Department of the College of Detroit (which
became Wayne State University in 1933)
- 1933 - Appointed Professor of Economics and
Department Chair, Wayne State University
- 1936 - Secretary, Henry George Fellowship
- 1936 - Article,
Does
Rent Enter Into Price?, Henry George Fellowship
News, March
- 1958 - Retired from teaching
- 1960 - Article,
The
Challenge of Henry George, Henry George News, April
- 1967 - Book, Malthus and the Conduct of
Life, published
- 1973 - Book, Essays on American
Industrialism, published
- 1975 - Died, October
|
Levine,
Hyman |
New
York
(New York City) |
|
Levy,
Burt |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1940 - Lectures, based on George Geiger's
Theory of the Land Quetion, to Henry George Society at
City College
- 1940s - Teacher, HGS
|
Levy,
Daniel A. |
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia) |
- 1940 - Instructor, Henry George School
|
Lewis,
Alfred |
Ohio
(Dayton)
|
- 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
|
Lewis,
Amy P. |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 1899 - Born
- 1940 - Elected Recording Secretary, Henry
George Woman's Club
- 1943 - Died
|
Lewis,
August |
New
York
|
- 1883 - Became a supporter of Henry George's
proposals
|
Lewis,
Claude |
New
York
(Long Island) |
- 1939 - Acting chairman, forum for the
Society for Long Island Georgists
|
Lewis,
David John |
Maryland
|
- 1869 - Born, 1 May (Centre County,
Pennsylvania)
- 1902 - Elected to Maryland state senate
- 1911 - Elected to the U.S. House of
Representatives (served thru 1917)
- 1913 - Appointed Tariff Commissioner by
Woodrow Wilson
- 1931 - Elected to the U.S. House of
Representatives (served thru 1939)
- 1931 - Address, [subject not known],
delivered at Henry George Congress, Baltimore, Maryland
- 1952 - Died, 12 August
|
Lewis,
Fay |
...
|
- 1926 - Elected to the National Advisory
Committee, Henry George Foundation of America
|
Lewis,
August |
New
York
(New York) |
- 18-- - Born, Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany
- 1869 - Immigrated to the U.S.
- 1882 - First read Progress and Poverty
- 1885 - Met Henry George and became a close
supporter
- 1894 - Photograph
|
Lewis,
Fay |
...
|
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
- 1918 - Letter, Everyman, April,
regarding the death of Herman Kuehn
|
Lewis,
Jay |
Illinois
(Rockford) |
- 19xx - Placed a
billboard on a lot
he owned, declaring his intent to speculate and directing people
to read Henry George's books
|
L'Hommedieu,
Howard W. |
Illinois
Arlington Heights |
- Profession: engineer
- 19-- - Article, "Bringing an End to
Inflation," Public Press, (his own newsletter,
undated)
- 1970 - Retired, concentrating efforts on tax
reform
- 1970 - Letter, encouraging the Henry George
Foundation to make a case for full employment, Incentive
Taxation, Autumn
- 1987 - Died, May
|
Libbey,
C.H. |
Massachusetts
(Lynn) |
- 1890 - Serving as President, Lynn Single Tax
League
|
| LIBERAL
CLUB |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1881 - Speech by Henry George delivered, 14
January
|
Liddell,
George D. |
Rhode
Island
(Providence) |
- 1890 - Serving as Secretary, Single Tax
Association of Rhode Island
- 1907 - Secretary, Rhode Island Tax Reform
Association
|
Lieb,
Herman (Mrs.) |
Illinois
|
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
|
Liebe,
Harold J. |
... |
- 1944 - Elected Treasurer, Henry George
Fellowship
- 1945 - Serving as Treasurer, Henry George
School, Hartford, Connecticut
|
Ligutti,
Luigi G. |
... |
- 1895 - Born, Italy
- 19-- - Emigrated to U.S. and settled in Iowa
- 1943 - Article,
Henry
George -- Liberator, Land and Freedom, June-July
- 1943 - Serving as Executive Director,
National Catholic Rural Life Conference; attended national
meeting in Cincinnati
- 1983 - Died, December 28, age 88
|
Linahan,
A.G. |
South
Dakota
(Sioux Falls) |
- 1940 - Teaching Henry George class
|
Lincoln,
Abraham |
... |
- 18-- - Letter,
On Land
Monopoly written to his law firm partner, Mr. Gridley;
quoted in Abraham Lincoln and the Men of his Time, by
Robert H. Browne. Reprinted from The Freeman, February,
1939
- 1861 - Message to the United States
Congress,
On
Labor and Capital, 3 December. Reprinted from Land and
Freedom, September-October 1937
- 1864 - Letter,
Concentration
of Wealth, to Col. William F. Elkins, 21 November, 1864
|
Lincoln,
David C. |
...
|
- 1957 - Article, "John C. Lincoln,"
Henry George News, February
- 1967 - Served as trustee, Henry George
School, New York, NY
|
LINCOLN
FOUNDATION
|
... |
- 1961 - Established the School of Public
Finance at Claremont Men's College, Los Angeles, CA
|
Lincoln,
John C. |
Ohio
(Cleveland)
Arizona
Phoenix |
- 1866 - Born
- 188- - Graduated from Ohio State University
with a degree in mechanical engineering
- 1889 - First heard Henry George speak in
Cleveland, Ohio
- 1913 - Traveled to Europe and met with
leading land reformers, including John Paul and other Single Tax
leaders in England
- 1916 - Attended Joseph Fels Fund conference,
Niagara Falls, NY, 19-21 August
- 1924 - Candidate for V.P. of the U.S. on
Commonwealth Land Party ticket
- 1926 - Member, Commonwealth Land Party
- 1926 - Elected to board, Henry George
Foundation of America
- 1931 - Moved to Arizona
- 193- - Article,
The
Importance of Natural Relations, The Freeman
- 1934 - Attended Henry George Congress
- 1935 - Article,
The
Only Permanent Cure for Unemployment, Land and Freedom,
January-February
- 1939 - Article,
Education
Challenge for the Henry George Schools, The Freeman,
November
- 1946 - Founded Lincoln Foundation
- 19-- - Book, Christ's Object in Life
- 1947 - Becomes President, Board of Trustees,
Henry George School
- 1948 - Paper, "Wages, the Price of
Land, and Economic Freedom," presented at Henry George
School conference, Chicago, Illinois; July
- 1949 - Attended International Union
conference, Swanwick, England
- 1950 - Article, "Why Don't People See
It?" Henry George News, November
- 1954 - Article, "The Value of a
Privilege, Not Much Change Since 1879," Henry George
News, February
- 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
- 1957 - Photograph
- 1957 - Booklet,
Ground
Rent, Not Taxes: The Natural Source of Revenue for the
Government, published
- 19-- - Booklet, Should Land Have Selling
Value?, published
- 1958 - Serving on board, Henry George
Foundation
- 1958 - Pamphlet,
Stop Legal
Stealing
- 1959 - Photograph
- 1959 - Died, 24 May, age 92
- 1959 - Article,
A
Remembrance of John C. Lincoln, Henry George News,
June
- 1960 - Memorial meeting held at the Henry
George School, New York, 31 January
- 1962 - Excerpt from the book,
John
C. Lincoln and the American Century, by Raymond Moley,
excerpt from the book,
|
Lincoln,
Kathryn |
Arizona
(Phoenix) |
- 2002 - President, Lincoln Foundation
|
Lincoln,
W.E. |
Ohio
(Painesville) |
- 1918 - Letter, Everyman, April, in
which he wrote: "The Lord guides
you on, on! As we old abolitionists won, so will you."
|
Lindas,
Benjamin F. |
District
of Columbia |
- 1915 - Article, "Single Tax In A Nut
Shell," Single Tax Review, November-December
- 1917 - Letter, Everyman, October, in
support of The Great Adventure
|
Lindeman,
Eduard |
... |
- Leader of the adult education movement
- 1885 - Born (St. Clair, Michigan)
- 1907 - Entered Michigan Agricultural College
- 191x - Joined teaching staff of the YMCA
College of Chicago (remained just one year)
- 1924 - Joned the New York School of Social
Work, which became part of Columbia University (where he became
close friends with John Dewey and shared many of Dewey's views
on education; he remained at Columbia through 1950)
- 1926 - Book, The Meaning of Adult
Education, published
- 1952 - Named honorary president, Henry
George School, New York
- 1953 - Died, April 13
|
Lindemann,
Jack |
... |
- 1951 - Began teaching Henry George courses
at Old Fort Dupont, Delaware
- 1952 - Returned to Philadelphia
|
Lindholm,
Richard W. |
Oregon
(Eugene) |
- 1959 - Dean, School of Business
Administration, Univ. of Oregon
- 1959 - Banquet speaker at Henry George
School conference, Rutgers Univ.
- 1959 - Photograph
- 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
- 1959 - Article, "Land Use and Taxation
in Non-Communist Underdeveloped Areas," Henry George
News, August
- 1967 - Book, Property Taxation -- USA,
edited by Lindholm, published
- 1979 - Paper, "Should Small Businesses
Suport Land Value Taxation?" presented at Joint Georgist
conference, San Francisco, CA, August
- 1983 - University of Oregon; attempted to
get a constitutional amendment passed to impose a statewide tax
on land to support education
|
Lindner,
Eileen W. |
... |
- 1988 - Article, "The Redemptive Politic
of Henry George," Union Seminary Quarterly Review,
March
|
Lindsay,
James B. |
Ohio
(Cleveland) |
- 1918 - Letter, Everyman, April, in
which he wrote: "The death of
Kuehn has stirred me to action even at a sacrifice, for I want
you to know that I am with you and I urge you not to give up the
ship to the politicians."
- 1921 - Serving as State Chairman, Single Tax
Party
|
Lindsey,
Kathryn O'Bryan |
California
(Coronado)
|
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA
|
Lingham,
C.A. |
New
York
(Lockport) |
- 1937 - Letter, regarding principles embraced
at the Henry George Congress held in Detroit, Michigan. Land
and Freedom, November-December
- 1938 - Attended Henry George Congress,
Toronto, Ontario; 7-9 September
- 1943 - Died
|
Linker,
Myer |
Illinois
|
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
|
Linn,
George Dana |
New
York
(New York)
California
(San Francisco) |
- 1938 - Authored pamphlet, How to Balance
Budgets, Federal, State, County and Municipal
- 1940 - Candidate for Governor of Washington
State (received 10 votes)
- 1949 - Attended International Union
conference, Swanwick, England
- 1951 - Attended Henry George Congress,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; July
- 1952 - Attended International Union
conference, Odense, Denmark
- 1960 - died, age 97
- 1981 - Trust from his estate established
with several Georgist organizations as beneficiaries
|
Lippencott,
Henry C. |
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia) |
- 1895 - Active in the Delaware campaign for a
Single Tax
- 1937 - Died, 8 December (age 93)
|
Lischer,
Charles |
Missouri
(St. Louis) |
- 1926 - Candidate for U.S. Senate,
Commonwealth Land Party of Missouri
- 1930 - Paper, "Disemployment and
Disaster," delivered at Henry George Congress, San
Francisco; September
- 1939 - Died
|
Lissner,
Dorothy |
...
|
- 19-- - Born, Concord, Massachusetts
- 1930s - Studied at University of Munich;
then worked in consulates of Mexico, Canada, Asia and Central
America
- 19-- - Served as Assistant Editor, American
Journal of Economics and Sociology
- 1973 - Paper, "Land Speculation on the
Rural-Urban Fringe, presented at the International Union
conference, Isle of Man, September
|
Lissner,
Will |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1908 - Born, New York, NY (upper east side)
- 1920 - First introduced to ideas of Henry
George through The Freeman
- 1923 - Went to work at New York Times
as a copy boy, and was also assigned to write "feature
stories" for the paper; promoted to staff writer at age 22;
at 24, began covering economics
- 1933 - Joined volunteer faculty of the Henry
George School, New York
- 1936 - Article, "Henry George School
Now Has World-Wide Reputation," International Molders
Journal
- 1936 - Article,
An
Objection to Land Value Taxation Answered by the Facts,
Land and Freedom, March-April
- 1937 - Revived The Freeman and
became Director of The Freeman Corp.
- 1937 - Article,
Green
Rising in the Philippines, Land and Freedom,
July-August
- 1937 - Article,
Why
Spain Is Torn Asunder, The Freeman, November
- 1937 - Article,
Puerto
Rico, Sweet Land of Liberty, Land and Freedom,
November-December
- 1938 - Article,
Henry
George's Conception of Civilization, Land and Freedom,
March-April
- 1938 - Article, "Story of Albert Jay
Nock's essay, 'Henry George, Unorthodox American'," The
Freeman, December
- 1939 - Article,
Public
Education as a Course of Social Action, Land and
Freedom, January-Feburary and March-April
- 1940s - Served as war correspondent
- 1940 - Article,
The
Cordoba System of Land Tenure in Argentina. Originally
published in the Fortnightly Journal of Economic, Agrarian
and Social Issues. Translated by Will Lissner. Land and
Freedom, July-August
- 1940 - Letter, praising editorial style of
The Freeman, August
- 1940 - Article,
Francis
Neilson and the Runnymede Tradition, The Freeman,
November
- 1940 - Lectures, on the "Origins of the
Capitalist Crisis," at Henry George School, beginning 26
November
- 1941 - Became first Editor, American
Journal of Economics and Sociology
- 1945 -
Man's
Relation to the Land, An Unsigned Statement of Principles
Which Shall Underlie Our National, State and Individual Actions.
Reprinted from the American Journal of Economics and
Sociology, Vol. 1, No. 1, October 1945. Will Lissner served
as editor and is thought to be the author of this statement
- 1951 - Attended Henry George Foundation of
America Congress, New York, NY, 5-6 October
- 1952 - Review of the book,
A
Study of the Concept of National Income? by Roy M. Foulke
- 1958 - Trustee, Robert Schalkenbach
- 1958 - Article,
Henry
Garrison Brown's Influence On American Liberalism, Henry
George News, July
- 1966 - Letter,
Harry
Gunnison Brown Lecture Tour, to Vic Blundell, attempting
to arrange for a lecture tour for Harry Gunnison Brown in the
United Kingdom
- 1967 - Paper,
Father
McGlynn and Catholic Social Doctrine, read by Vi Peterson
at the Henry George School annual banquet
- 1973 - Paper,
Offshore
Sea Resource Development: A Spur to Onshore Land Speculation,
presented at the 13th Internantional Conference on Land Value
Taxation and Free Trade, Isle of Man, September
- 1975 - Article,
A
Remembrance of Harry Gunnison Brown, American Journal
of Economics and Sociology, July
- 1979 - Article,
Bondi's
Law and George's Utopia, Fragments, issued
covering 1976-1979
- 1979 - Article,
On
the Centenary of Progress and Poverty, American
Journal of Economics and Sociology, January
- 1981 - Article,
On
the 40th Anniversary of the American Journal of Economics and
Sociology , American Journal of Economics and
Sociology, October
- 1982 - Article,
Memories
of Albert Jay Nock and Francis Neilson
- , Fragments, April-June
- 1988 - Retired as editor-in-chief of American
Journal of Economics and Sociology
- 1988 - Article by Richard Noyes,
Will
Lissner Calls it a Day,GroundSwell, December
- 1991 -
Robert
Schalkenbach Foundation's George Studies Program, GroundSwell,
March-April
- 1991 - Paper, "Democracy in the 21st
Century," presented at the Henry George conference,
Lafayette College, 13 June
- 1994 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, Fairhope, Alabama
- 1999 -
Story
of the American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 30
September
- 2000 - Died, March 25
- 2001 - Article, "On the Origins of The
American Journal of Economics and Sociology: Its Purposes and
Objectives," American Journal of Economics and
Sociology, April
|
Little,
Audrey |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 19-- - Took Henry George course under Ed
Phelps
|
Little,
William C. |
Missouri
(St. Louis) |
- 1890 - Serving as Secretary, St. Louis
Single Tax League
|
Littlefield,
A.W. (Rev.) |
Massachusetts
(Middleborough) |
- 1920 - Announced plans to begin a
spiritually-oriented discussion group on Henry George's
philosophy at the Economic Forum, Boston
- 1927 - Attended the Henry George Congress,
New York
- 1928 - Died, 17 December (age 69)
|
Lloyd,
Eron |
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia) |
- 2005 - First learned of the Georgist
movement researching tax reform options for the City of Reading,
Pennsylvania
- 2005 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, Philadelphia
- 2007 - Joined staff of the Henry George
Foundation of America, Philadelphia
|
Lloyd,
George |
New
York
(New York City) |
- 1888 - Voted to expel Henry George from the
United Labor Party, May
- 1918 - Letter, Everyman, April, in
which he wrote: "It seems you
will go over the top in California this year. Just keep on
telling the people plainly: Under the single tax holders of idle
land would have to Plant, Build, or Quit! and -- Every idle acre
is an enemy of the United States."
- 1920s - Active in Georgist movement 1927 -
Article, "Henry George vs Karl Marx," The
Commonweal, Spring (?)
- 1927 - Active giving addresses on behalf of
the Commonwealth Land Party
- 1927 - Letter, regarding Whidden Graham's
article on the "American Farmer and the Single Tax,"
Land and Freedom, March-April
- 1929 - Address, on Henry George's philosophy
to a meeting of the Socialist Party, January
- 1929 - Address,
Equality
of Opportunity, on radio station WPCH, 27 March, Land
and Freedom, March-April
- 1935 - Attended Henry George Congress, New
York, NY; September
|
Lloyd,
M.G. |
Illinois
|
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
|
Lloyd,
Marcellus A. |
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia) |
- 1983 - Began teaching "Great Decisions"
course at the Henry George School, Philadelphia
|
Locke,
Walter |
... |
- 1955 - Article, "Journey to Utopia: An
Indian Paradise," Henry George News, June
|
Loeb,
Karl |
New
York
(Bronx) |
- 1942 - Article, "Ethopia Before the
Italian Conquest," Land and Freedom, May-June
- 1942 - Article, "A Plea for
Cooperation," Land and Freedom, May-June
|
Loesch,
Lydia T. |
Illinois
|
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
|
Loew,
Herman G. |
New
Jersey
(Newark) |
- 18-- - Born, New York, NY
- 1887 - Graduated from Columbia University;
practiced real estate law and became friends with Henry George
- 189- - Served as National Chairman of the
Single Tax Party and President of the Single Tax Publishing Co.
- 1926 - Delegate to Henry George Congress,
Philadelphia
- 1926 - Elected to the National Advisory
Committee of the Henry George Foundation of America
- 1928 - Serving as President, Land and
Freedom
- 1938 - Died, 16 July, age 81 (at the Masonic
Home, Utica, New York)
|
Loftus,
Christelle |
Pennsylvania
(Eagles Mere) |
- 2007 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA,
July
|
Logan,
Charles L. (Dr.) |
Illinois
|
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
|
Lollis,
Edward W. |
Pennsylvania
(Bryn Gweled) |
|
Long,
Charles H. |
Maryland
(Hyattsville) |
- 1892 - Member, board of commissioners;
approved excemption of all improvements
|
Long,
F.A. |
Illinois
(Evanston) |
- 1940 - Instructor, Henry George School
|
Longhead,
W.H. |
Ohio
(Zasksville) |
- 1890 - Serving as President, Central Single
Tax Club
|
Longman,
Helen W. |
California
(El Cajon)
|
- 1950 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA
|
Longstreet,
B.F. (Dr.) |
Texas |
- 1849 - Born, 10 April (Louisville, Kentucky)
- 1895 - Participated in Delaware campaign for
the Single Tax
- 1895 - Quote: "...
desires to suggest to the Commissioners the propriety of taking
up a certain line of investigation which shall show the division
of property." from the Twelfth Annual report of
the New York State Department of Labor, Bureau of Statistics
- 1896 - Atttended and spoke at a banquet of
the Massachusetts Single Tax League, Boston, 22 February. Quote:
"I shall take up but very little
of your time, andin order that I may confine myself to a
statement of facts and not inadvertently be betrayed into an
argument in behalf of single tax, I have prepared some points
which ... will show clearly that it will be for the benefit of
the laboring men of the U.S. to adopt the single tax, and show
reasons why you should inquire into the question of adopting
that method of raising revenue."
- 1901 - Died, 21 February (age 51)
|
Loomis,
Clayton B. |
Illinois
|
- 1911 - Atttended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
|
Loomis,
Evelyn Friend
|
California
(Sacramento) |
- 1916 - Born
- 1970s - Appointed director of Henry George
School of No. Calif.
- 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
- 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
- 1979 - Photograph
- 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
San Francisco, CA
- 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist conference,
New York, NY
- 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist conference,
Philadelphia, PA
- 2002 - Died, 23 July
- 2002 - Article by Nadine Stoner,
A
Remembrance of Evelyn Friend Loomis, GroundSwell
|
Loomis,
George P. |
Pennsylvania
(North East) |
- 1926 - Delegate to Henry George Congress,
Philadelphia
- 1926 - Elected to the board, Henry George
Foundation of America
|
Loomis,
Hiram B. |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 1863 - Born, Hartford, Connecticut, 29 June
- 188- - Graduated from Trinity College and
Johns-Hopkins Unviersity (physics and mathematics)
- 1890 - Earned Ph.D. and taught physics at
the University of Wisconsin
- 1897 - Began teaching in the Chicago public
schools
- 19-- - Introduced to Henry George's ideas by
John Z. White
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
- 1933 - Retired from teaching
- 1935 - Article, "All Single Taxers Will
Not Agree," a response to Frank Stephens, Land and
Freedom, January-February
- 1936 - Elected President, Henry George
Fellowship, 29 September
- 1940 - Serving as President, Henry George
School board
- 1948 - Article,
Housing and
Land, Henry George News, June
- 1948 - Photograph
- 1948 - Address, "Fundamental Social
Relations," at Henry George School conference, Chicago,
Illinois; July
- 1951 - Address, "Sir Isaac Newton and
Henry George," delivered at Henry George School conference,
Los Angeles, July
- 1952 - Address, on government control of
land and resources, at Henry George School conference, Montreal
- 1952 - Attended International Union
conference, Odense, Denmark
- 1953 - Resigned as President of Henry George
School board due to ill health
- 1984 - Conducted a meeting of New Age groups
at CGO conference, Pawling, NY, July
- 1986 - Died, September 18, age 86
|
Loomis,
Mildred Jensen |
Ohio
(Brookville)
Pennsylvania
(York) |
- 1900 - Born, Blair, Nebraska; 5 January
- 1924 - Earned Bachelor of Science degree,
University of Nebraska
- 1932 - Earned Masters of Science degree in
Education and Religion, Columbia University
- 1940 - Established Lane's End Homestead,
Brookville, Ohio
- 1940 - Married John Loomis
- 1943 - Became director of School of Living
- 1943 - Article,
Factory
Production is NOT Cheaper, Land and Freedom,
June-July
- 1952 - Instructor at Henry George School,
Dayton, Ohio
- 1952 - Editor, The Interpreter
- 1952 - Attended Ohio Henry George School
conference, August
- 1953 - Letter, Henry George News,
April, regarding Dayton court house project
- 1953 - Letter, Henry George News,
October, regarding John Burger's speech on education
- 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
- 1959 - Head of School of Living
- 1965 - Book, Go Ahead and Live,
published by Philosophical Library, NY
- 19-- - Article,
Borsodi's
Peace Plan
- 1968 - School of Living moved to Heathcote,
Maryland
- 1970 - Article,
A
Practice in Social Change, Henry George News,
February
- 1972 - Moved to Spring Grove, Pennsylvania
- 1975 - Moved to Deep Run, York, Pennsylvania
- 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
- 1977 - Article,
Social
Action to End Unemployment, Green Revolution,
September
- 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
- 1978 - Article,
Ralph
Borsodi's Principles for Homesteaders, Land & Liberty,
November/December
- 1979 - Article, "The Community Land
Trust," Land & Liberty, March/April
- 1979 - Paper, "A Serious Look at Land
Banks," presented (with Robert Swann) at the Joint Georgist
conference, San Francisco, August
- 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist conference,
New York, NY
- 1980 - Book, Decentralism: Where It Came
From; Where Is It Going? published by School of Living
- 1981 - Article,
Four
Worlds In Economics, Green Revolution, Summer
- 1982 - Book, Alternative Americas,
published
- 1982 - Attended annual Georgist Conference,
Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA, 16-19 July
- 1984 - Chaired discussion on decentralist
coalition, CGO conference, Pawling, NY
- 1985 - Photograph
- 1985 - Article,
Ralph
Borsodi -- Father of Modern Decentralism, Nomos,
May-June
- 1992 - Book, Reshaping Modern Culture (A
Biography of Ralph Borsodi), published
|
Loomis,
Richard |
California
(Sacramento)
|
- 1989 - Attended the Joint Georgist
conference, Philadelphia, PA
|
Lorant,
Stefan |
...
|
- 1901 - Born (Budapest, Hungary)
- 1919 - Left for Czechoslovakia, then
Austria, where he began work as a photographer
- 1925 - Began a career as a journalist in
Berlin
- 1928 - Appointed editor of a weekly
newspaper in Munich
- 1933 - Imprisoned by the Nazis for ayear;
when released, left Germany for Hungary
- 1934 - Book, I Was Hitler's Prisoner,
published in London
- 1937 - Founded Pocket Publications in London
- 1939 - At the suggestion of Winston
Churchill, went to the United States to write a book on
Americans
- 1940 - Returned to the United States and
established residence in New York City; then began a study of
U.S. history
- 1940s - Late in the decade, moved to Lenox,
Massachusetts; urged by Edgar Kaufman to write a book on
Pittsburgh
- 1954 - Visited Pittsburgh, rented a house
and began to write a book on the city
- 1961 - Earned M.A. degree from Harvard
University
- 1964 - Book, Pittsburgh, The Story of an
American City, published
- 1997 - Died, 14 November
|
Lorenz,
Anne B. |
Oregon |
- 1883 - Born, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- 18-- - Moved to Oregon
- 19-- - Became member, HGI
- 1955 - Attended International Union
conference, St. Andrews University, Scotland
|
Lorenz,
M.W. |
Oregon
(Portland)
|
- 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
|
LoSecco,
John |
New
York
(Staten Island) |
- 1991-92 - Article, "The Old World and
the New," Georgist Journal, Winter
- 1993 - Article, "Lessons for Russia,"
Georgist Journal, Spring
|
Loshbough,
Bernard |
Pennsylvania
(Allegheny County) |
- 1974 - Member, Graded Tax League of
Pennsylvania
|
Loss,
Gorman |
New
Jersey |
- Served as member of faculty, Henry George
School, New York
- 1955 - Died
|
Lothrop,
Q.A. |
Massachusetts
(Boston) |
- 1890 - Serving as Secretary, Nepousete
Single Tax League
|
Lotozo,
Eils |
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia) |
- 1998 - Article, "The DUH Tax,"
Philadelphia Weekly, April 1
|
| LOUISIANA
SINGLE TAX LEAGUE |
Louisiana
(New Orleans) |
- 1915- Clarence C. Hensen,
Secretary-Treasurer
|
Loutrel,
E.H. |
California
(Los Angeles) |
- 1917 - Letter, Everyman, October, in
which he wrote: "I am with The
Great Adventure because it means to Free the land Now. The other
measure is a makeshift, intended to confuse. There should be no
sidestepping of the issue."
|
Love,
James |
Iowa
(Burlington) |
- 1889 - Letter regarding Henry George's
response to Malthus on population, Twentieth Century
|
Love,
John W. |
Ohio
(Cleveland) |
- Profession: Columnist, Cleveland
Plain Dealer
- 1930 - Quote: "The
tariff problem used to worry me. Then I realized that, if things
improved, my rent would go up, but if they get worse, it would
go down; life's sublime equilibrium would be maintained."
- 1955 - Article, "Skyscrapers, Autos,
Taxes Combine to Perplex Cities," Henry George News,
January
|
Lovell,
John W. |
...
|
- 1880s - One of the first publishers of Progress
and Poverty in paper cover edition
- 1932 - Died (age 80)
|
Lowe,
Patricia A. |
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia) |
- 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
- 1982 - Attended annual Georgist Conference,
Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA, 16-19 July
|
Lowenberg,
Henry A. |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1932 - Studied Henry George under Oscar
Geiger
- 1939 - Address, "What Is Happening in
Europe Today," to Knights of Pythias Empire City Lodge, New
York, NY, 13 April
- 1939 - Address, "Econonomic Causes of
Racial Discrimination," at Knights of Pythias, Fidelity
Lodge, New York, 15 June
- 1939 - Address, "Economic Causes of
Anti-Semitism," at Kiwanis Club, Brookly, NY, 13 December
- 1940 - Address, "Criminal and
Prosecutor -- Cause and Effect," at Henry George School,
NY, 29 September
- 1941 - Article, "The Economic Roots of
Intolerance," Dynamic America, February
|
Lowenstein,
Evan |
New
York
(Rochester) |
- 2009 - Actively pushing for legislation to
permit land value taxation in conjunction with Henry George
Foundation of America
|
Lozel,
Brian |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- Attended Council of Georgist Organizations
conference, Evanston, IL, July
|
Lubbering,
A.F. |
Ohio
(Cleveland)
|
- 1940 - Subscriber, The Freeman
- 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
|
Lubin,
Allan
Biography |
California
(Redondo Beach)
Illinois
(Edwardsville)
Missouri
(St.Louis) |
- 19-- - graduated St. Louis University,
engineering
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA
- 1964 - Teacher, Henry George School
- 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist conference,
Philadelphia, PA
- 199- - Elected director, Common Ground USA
- 1994 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, Fairhope, Alabama
- 2005 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; August
- 2006 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, Evanston, IL, July
- 2007 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA,
July
|
Lucey,
William C. |
Alabama
(Fairhope) |
- 1981 - President, Fairhope Single Tax
Corporation
- 1982 - Attended International Union
conference, Utrecht, Holland
- 1982 - Attended annual Georgist Conference,
Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA, 16-19 July
- 1984 - Attended International Union
conference, Cambridge, England
|
Ludlow,
Robert C. |
District
of Columbia |
- Profession: Professor at
Catholic University
- 1940 - Article,
Georgeism
and Thomism, Land and Freedom, March-April
- 1940 - Article,
Georgeism,
Thomism, And The Catholic Question, Land and Freedom,
November-December
- 1941 - Article,
Georgeism:
A Planned Economy, Land and Freedom, July-August
- 1942 - Article,
Georgism
and the Bourgeois Spirit, The Freeman, July
- 1942 - Letter, responding to criticisms
expressed by Herbert B. Jones: "Mr. Jones is one of those
tiresome Georgits who think that if only one can be persuaded to
take a course in Henry George for ten esay lessons, all further
need for study is superfluous. There is a bit more to life than
that, I assure you." The Freeman, September
- 1953 - Article, "Georgism today --
Faults and Virtues," Henry George News, February
|
Luebben,
Ummo |
Nebraska
(Omaha) |
- 1936 - Active Single Taxer (inventor of the
hay baler)
|
Lugg,
George |
...
|
- 1985 - Turned over assets of Good Living
Inc. to Henry George Foundtion of America
- 1985-86 - Pamphlet, "Needs for Good
Living," published
- 1989 - Died
|
Lundin,
Harry |
New
York
(New York) |
|
Luney,
Wayne |
California
(Sacramento) |
- 1966 - Attended Henry George School
conference, Montreal, Quebec; July
- 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
San Francisco, CA
- 1986 - Served as President, Henry George
School, Sacramento branch
- 2003 - Member, Board of Directors, Henry
George School
- 2006 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, Evanston, IL, July
- 2009 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, Clevelland, Ohio; July
|
Lurio,
Mitchell S. |
Massachusetts
(Boston)
(Brookline) |
- 1919 - graduated, Cornell University,
mathematics
- 1940 - Article, "A Layman Offers a
Solution to Our Tax Problem," New Jersey Municipalities,
April
- 1941 - Moved to Boston
- 1944 - Instructor, Henry George School
- 1951 - Became director, Henry George School
- 1953 - Attended Henry George School
conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 2-4 July
- 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
- 1957 - Article,
Answers
to Certain Objections Raised Against the Taxaton of Location
Rent, Henry George News, August
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA
- 1959 - Guest speaker at Henry George School
dinner, New York, April
- 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
- 1959 - Attended International Union
conference, Hanover, West Germany
- 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, Detroit, MI
- 1961 - Article,
Monetary Gold,
Henry George News, March
- 1961 - Attended Henry George School
conference, Hartford, Connecticut
- 1961 - Article,
Effects
of Real Estate Tax Rate Changes on Market Value; and a Method
of Computing Economic Rent, Henry George News,
September
- 1961 - Serving as President, Henry George
School
- 1962 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA
- 1963 - Photograph
- 1966 - Attended Henry George School
conference, St. Louis, Missouri
- 1966 - Article, "Freedom Can Be Lost,"
Henry George News, September
- 1967 - Attended Henry George School
conference, Montreal, Quebec; July; moderated a panel discussion
on land value assessment and taxation
- 1967 - Paper, "Method for Determining
Groundrent," Henry George News, August
- 1967 - Elected trustee, Henry George School,
NY
- 1968 - Participated in a panel on Land Value
Taxation, Henry George Schools conference, Miami Beach, FL
- 1970 - Attended Henry George School
conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- 1970 - Article,
Keynes
Revisited, Henry George News, November
- 1971 - Article, "Jobs For All From Rent
of Land," Henry George News, January
- 1971 - Article, "How Taxes on Buildings
Can Gradually Be Removed and the Loss of Revenue Made Up by
Collections from Land Values," Henry George News,
May
- 1976 - Paper, on putting across Georgist
ideas, presented at the Henry George Foundation conference,
Evanston, IL, July
- 1976 - Letter,
Boom and Bust,
Christian Science Monitor, 23 July
- 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
- 1985 - Article, "A License to Steal,"
Georgist Journal, Spring
- 1986 - Resigns as trustee, Henry George
School, NY
- 1997 - Died, December 12, age 99
|
Lusht,
Kenneth |
... |
- 1997 - Assistant Dean of Business, elected
trustee Center for the Study of Economics
|
Lustgarten,
William |
... |
- 1915 - Presided at a conference on the
Single Tax that included William Lloyd Garrison, Jr.., Mary Fels
and Francis Neilson as speakers
|
Luszaa,
Ann |
California
(San Diego)
|
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA
|
Lutton,
Wilbur B. |
Ohio
(Cleveland) |
- 1926 - Candidate for U.S. House of
Representatives as Democract on Single Tax platform
- 1929 - Address, "How a Just Tax Would
Affect the Labor Problem," at Cleveland Forum
|
Lutz,
Carol |
Pennsylvania
(Glenside)
|
- 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist conference,
Philadelphia, PA
|
Luxton,
John |
New
York
(Brooklyn) |
- Profession: high school
teacher
- 1930s - Instructor, Henry George School, New
York, NY
- 1932 - Review of the article by Arthur C.
Holden, "The Crisis in Real Estate," Harper's
Magazine, November, Land and Freedom,
January-February. Quote: "He says that land value
should be based on theuse to which the land may be put, but he
suggests that very few fortunes have been made by holding land
for future rise in value because of the taxes, interest, etc."
- 1932 - Article,
The Fallacy
of Profits, a reply to Professor Fairchild's article in
Harper's, February, Land and Freedom,
March-April
- 1932 - Founding member of a new Single Tax
colony at Wall Hill
- 1932 - Joined faculty of the Henry George
School, New York
- 1933 - Received the second Certificate of
Attendance issued by the Henry George School, New York
- 1935 - Response to Mr. Loomis and to Harold
buttenhim on particular points of theory regarding taxation of
rent and other forms of taxation, Land and Freedom,
July-August
- 1936 - Serving as an instructor, Henry
George School
- 1936 - Article, "The Moldy Bones of
Malthus Do A Ghost Dance in India, Land and Freedom,
March-April
- 1936 - Article,
The
Influence of Malthusian Ideas in India, Land and
Freedom, March-April
- 1936 - Article,
Intellectual
Malnutrition, Land and Freedom, March-April and
May-June
- 1937 - Article,
Economics
as Taught by the Professors or Confusion Worse Confounded,
Land and Freedom, May-June
- 1938 - Article,
The
Real Failure of Formal Education, Land and Freedom,
March-April
- 1938 - Review of the book,
Free
Land, by Rose Wilder Lane, Land and Freedom,
November-December
- 1940 - Review of the book,
After
Seven Years, by Raymond Moley, Land and Freedom,
May-June
- 1952 - Attended International Union
conference, Odense, Denmark
|
Lybarger,
Lee Francis |
|
- 1909 - Book, The Tariff, What It Is, How
It Works, Whom It Benefits, published by the Beaver Print
Co.
- 1917 - Letter, in support of The Great
Adventure campaign, Everyman, October
- 1918 - Letter, Everyman, March, in
which he wrote: "I regard
California as the most hopeful state in the Union for the Single
Tax. I found a positive welcome for my message of a free earth
everywhere in California. Chautauqua audiences are not made up
chiefly of those who oppose them. A vigorous campaign this year
will win out beyond a doubt."
- 1920 - Photograph
- 19-- - Book, Tariff Primer, on the
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
- 1931 - Delivered banquet speech at Henry
George Congress, Baltimore; October
- 1935 - Book, the Big National Gamble
- 1937 - Article, "My Two Islands,"
The People's Advocate
|
Lychenheim,
Morris (Dr.) |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
- 1926 - Candidate for U.S. Senate,
Commonwealth Land Party
- 1927 - Letter, expressing opposition to the
term "Single Tax" as "repugnant
to me becuase it connotes the idea of an oppressive burden
isntead of freedom from any sort of tax." Land
and Freedom, January-February
- 1932 - Noted as still active
|
Lyford,
F.D. |
Maine
(Lewiston) |
- 1890 - Serving as Chairman, Lewiston Single
Tax Committee
- 1890 - Attended National Conference of
Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September
|
| Lyman,
D. (Miss) |
New
Jersey |
- 1952 - Attended International Union
conference, Odense, Denmark
|
Lynch,
F.W. |
... |
- 1930 - Delegate, Henry George Congress, San
Francisco
- 1937 - Letter, Land and Freedom,
January-February. Quote: "I want
to record my objection to the term Georgist. I heartily approve
the letter of W.G. Stewart ... in favor of the Single Tax as a
political name."
|
Lynch,
John T. |
... |
- Profession: Professor at
University of Colorado
- 1939 - Took Henry George course under
William H. Quasha in New York, NY (and was given graduate credit
by Harvard University)
|
Lynch,
Maurice |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 1931 - Started a weekly radio program on the
Single Tax, on station WCFL, the station of the Chicago
Federation of Labor
|
Lynn,
Ethel (Dr.) |
California
(San Francisco) |
- 1917 - Letter, in support of The Great
Adventure campaign, Everyman, October
- 1918 - Book, The Adventures of a Woman
Hobo (autobiography of her migration from Chicago to San
Francisco following "the panic" of the early 1900s)
- 1921 - Address, on the Single Tax, to the
women's Business Club of San Francisco
|
Lynn,
John D. (Hon.) |
New
York
(Rochester) |
- 1926 - Active in Single Tax movement
- 19xx - County Judge during the Wilson
administration
|
Lyon,
Esther L. |
California
(San Diego)
|
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA
|
Lyons,
Thomas E. |
|
- 1916 - Address,
Henry George,
delivered 13 December 1915, before the Madison Literary Club.
Single Tax Review, September-October and
November-December
|
Lyon,
Townsend P. |
Alabama
(Fairhope) |
|
Lyons,
Arthur |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 2006 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, Evanston, IL, July
|
Lyons,
Margaret |
...
|
- 1973 - Member, board of trustees, Henry
George School, Northern California
|
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