| 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,
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,
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
- 2011 - Article,
What's
the Problem with Wall Street?, 19 October
|
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
- 1943 - Review of the book:
A
Quest for International Order, The Freeoman,
January
|
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
|
LeRossignol,
J.E. |
... |
- 1902 - Book, Taxation in Colorado,
included a chapter on the Single Tax amendment
|
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,
Frederick 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
- 1914 - Address,
The
Problem of Unemployment, at a dinner meeting in New York
City; 30 January
- 1914 - Debated the Single Tax with Allan Robinson, President, Allied Reast Estate Interests; New York City
- 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
- 1928 - Address,
Fighting
for Fundamentals, at the Henry George Congress; 12 September;
Land and Freedom, November-December
- 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
- 1980 - Article,
In
Memoriam: Arthur P. Becker, American Journal of
Economics and Sociology, Vol. 39, No.1, January
- 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 - Paper,
Franz
Oppenheimer's Land Reform Program; reprinted by the Henry George School of Social Science
- 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
- 1920 - Article,
Lord and
Landlord, A Christmas Problem
- 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
|
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