| Name |
Place(s)
of Residence |
Comments
|
Seabury,
Samuel |
New
York
(New York) |
Profession:
judge
- 1890s - Serving as President, Manhattan
Single Tax Club (at least through 1897)
- 1897 - Served on Henry George's campaign
committee
- 1899 - Speech, "Henry George, the
world's greatest democrat," at the 60th anniversary of
Henry George's birth, Manhattan Single Tax Club, New York
- 1926 - Serving as a judge on the New York
State of Court of Appeals
- 1926 - Address,
The Social
Movement Started by Henry George, at a dinner honoring
Charles O. Hennessy and Anna George De Mille, new York
- 1932 - Biography, Samuel Seabury: A
Challenge, by Walter Chambers, published by The Century
Company, New York
|
Seaman,
Fred R. |
...
|
Profession:
owner of a wholesale grocery business
- 1876 - Born
- 1890s - Became active Single Tax supporter
and financial contributor
- 1928 - Died, 13 March (age 54)
|
Seaman,
L.E. |
Ohio
|
- 1890 - Attended National Conference of
Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September
|
Searer,
H.G. |
...
|
- 1909 - Serving as Secretary, Brooklyn Single
Tax League
|
Searles,
Alvin |
New
Jersey
(Summit)
|
- 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
|
Seay,
H.H. (Jr.) |
...
|
- 1930 - Professor of economics at the
University of Richmand; described as "an
enthusiastic Single Taxer"
|
Seeley,
Everett J.
Photograph |
California
(San Diego) |
- 1910 - Born, Oregon
- 19xx - Moved to San Diego, CA
- 1930s - First became actively involved in
Georgist movement
- 1939 - Participated in Henry George
Centenary celebration, 17 September, Coquille, Oregon
- 1946 on - Taught classes in Oregon and San
Diego
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA; let discussion, "Teaching the
Fundamentals,"
- 1959 - Teacher, Henry George School
- 1960 - Vice President, Henry George School
- 1969 - Elected chairman of the board of
Basic Economic Education
- 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
- 1979 - Photograph
- 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
San Francisco, CA
- 1989 - Trustee, Basic Economic Education
- 1997 - Died, age 87
|
Seeley,
Marian |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1941 - Member, American Alliance to Advance
Freedom
|
Segal,
Emanuel |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1961 - Candidate for mayor, Justice Party of
America
|
Segal,
Harvey |
... |
- 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
- 1959 - Article, "Evolution of a
Theory," published in Henry George News, August
|
Segelhorst,
Elbert |
Missouri
(St.Louis) |
- 1961 - Professor of Economics, Dept. of
Urban Studies, Washington University
- 1961 - Delivered talk, "Henry George
and Today's Urban Problems"
|
Segelhorst,
G.W. |
Missouri
(St. Louis) |
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA
|
Seibert,
Robert |
Minnesota
(St. Paul) |
- 1918 - Candidate for mayor of St. Paul
- 1918 - Letter, Everyman, April, in
which he wrote: "I have an
abiding faith in your desire to remove poverty here and now. I
wish I could be in the thick of the fight."
|
Seiff,
Arthur N. |
New
York
|
- 1939 - Address, "What Is the American
Way," to Round Table Club, Y.M.C.A., Yonkers, 29 March
- 1939 - Address, "Economic Causes of
Anti-Semitism," Knights of Pythias, Friendship Lodge
No.150, New York, 12 October
|
Sell,
William |
Wisconsin
(Milwaukee) |
- 2008 - Member, Council of Georgist
Organizations
|
Sellers,
Bertha |
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)
(Swarthmore)
|
- 1942 - Forms Letter Writing Circle
- 1942 - Letter, questioning John White's
assertion that taxes on production check production, The
Freeman, July
- 1944 - Active in letter writing to promote
Henry George's ideas
|
Semple,
James |
Ohio
(Cincinnati) |
- 1890 - Serving as President, Cincinnati
Single Tax Club
|
Senior,
Maybelle |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
|
Senz,
Edward |
California
(San Francisco) |
- 1961 - Elected Vice President, Henry George School
|
Seranton,
J.A. |
...
|
- 1890 - Serving as President, Mason City
Single Tax Committee
|
Sercomb,
J.W. (Mrs.) |
Illinois
|
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
|
Sercombe,
Parker H. |
Illinois
|
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
|
Sexton,
May |
New
York
(New York)
|
|
Shafer,
Ada E. |
Nebraska
(Omaha) |
- 1945 - Letter, criticizing how economics is
taught in colleges, Henry George News, May
- 1952 - Letter, Henry George News,
January
- 1954 - Article, "The Nebraska Tax
Mess," Henry George News, October
- 1960 - Article, "The Mess and the Gyp
in Nebraska," published in Henry George News,
January
|
Shafer,
Eugene |
California
(Rancho Mirage)
|
- 1919 - Born
- 1945 - Took Henry George course in Los
Angeles, CA
- 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
San Francisco, CA
- 2005 - Proposed rebate program by local
government based on Federal payroll tax contribution for
previous year, via email to Henry George Foundation, 15 October
|
Shafer,
N. Eugene |
California
(Los Angeles)
(South Gate) |
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA
- 1997 - Letter, Illinois Georgist,
Winter-Spring
|
Shafer,
Philip |
California
(San Diego) |
- 1978 - Attended Joing Georgist Conference,
Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
- 1978 - Article, "The Reluctant
Georgist," The New LEAF, August
- 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
San Francisco, CA
- 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
New York, NY
|
Shafer,
W.E.
|
Nebraska
(Omaha)
|
- 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, Detroit, MI
|
Shaffer,
George J. |
Pennsylvania
(Pittsburgh)
California
(Los Angeles) |
- 19xx - Moved to California from Pittsburgh,
PA
- 1911 - Active Single Taxer
- 1926 - Elected to the board, Henry George
Foundation of America
- 1930 - Delivered presentation, "Land
and Water in California," at the Henry George Congress, San
Francisco; September
|
Shandrew,
Charles F. |
...
|
- 1926 - Elected to the board, Henry George
Foundation of America
|
Shankey,
George W. (Jr.) |
Pennsylvania
(Allegheny County)
|
- 1974 - Member, Graded Tax League of
Pennsylvania
|
Shapiro,
Aaron D. |
... |
- 1919 - Visited Fairhope, Alabama
- 1955 - Article,
The
Results Support The Theory, Henry George News,
February
- 1916 - Graduate student at University of
California under Elwood Mead; engaged in research on land
speculation in California
|
Sharpe,
Elmore |
(Chenango
County) |
- 1890 - Active in single tax movement
|
Sharpe,
John B. |
Pennsylvania
(Pittsburgh)
|
- 1926 - Book, New Political Economy,
published (4th edition)
- 1929 - Address,
The New
Political Economy, delivered before the Young Men's Civic
Club of Pittsburgh
- 1933 - Letter, on the importance of Henry
George's teachings, Land and Freedom, July-August
- 1939 - Died, Wellsburg, West Virginia; left
$500,000 to the United Committee for the Taxation of Land
Values, London
|
Sharratt,
Charles |
Minnesota
(Vesta) |
- 1918 - Letter, Everyman, April, in
which he wrote: "I am within a
few days of 78 years and my health is poor, but I send you this
for the success of single tax in California. May it come as a
blessing to me and all mankind!"
|
Shartz,
Joseph W. |
...
|
- 1939 - Article, "Ancient Origin of
'Lots'," The Freeman, February
|
Shaw,
Carl F. |
Michigan
(Detroit)
(Drayton Plains)
Maryland
(Columbia)
West Virginia
(Mt. Zion) |
- 1952 - Completed course at Henry George
School
- 1953 - Became volunteer teacher, Henry
George School
- 1953 - Letter, Henry George News,
August
- 1955 - Letter, Henry George News,
February
- 1960 - Chaired sessions at Henry George
Schools conference, Detroit, MI
- 1961 - Letter, Henry George News,
October
- 1979 - Organized a Progress and Poverty
class in Columbia
- 1983 - Creates land trust in Calhoun
County, West Virginia
- 1989-90 - "On Doing the Right Thing,"
Georgist Journal, Winter
- 1993 - Article, "Don't Give Up on Our
Goal," Georgist Journal, Autumn
- 2001 - Attended International Union
conference, Edinburg, Scotland
- 2005 - Proposal, "On Collecting Our
Rent or West Virginia Legislature -- We Need Your Hlep in Order
to Achieve Economic Prosperity." Reprinted in GroundSwell,
May-June
- 2007 - Article,
West
Virginia Efforts Toward Land Value Taxation, GroundSwell,
March-April
- 2007 - Article,
Resource Value
vs. Labor Value, GroundSwell, September-October
|
Shaw,
Francis G.
Biographical
Sketch
|
New
York
(Staten Island) |
- 1850s - Son of a wealthy New England
merchant. Advocated formation of worker association.
Abolitionist and supporter of William Lloyd Garrison
- 1880 - First read Progress and Poverty
and became active in the Single Tax movement
- 1880s - Friend and patron of Henry George
- 1881 - Purchased 1,000 copies of Progress
and Poverty to send to libraries across the U.S.
- 1882 - Died, November
|
Shaw,
George Bernard |
...
|
- 1905 - Letter, to Hamlin Garland regarding
Henry George, read to the 25th anniversary of Progress and
Poverty, New York City, 24 January. Quote: "When
I was thus swept into the great Socialist revival of 1883 I
found that five-sixths of those who were swept in with me had
been converted by Henry George. This fact would have been far
more widely acknowledged had it not been that it was not
possible for us to stop where Henry George stopped."
- 1918 -
Letter,
to Gerrit Johnson recounting having heard Henry George lecture
and also expressing criticism of The Great Adventure campaign.
Gerrit Johnson's response is included.
|
Shaw,
Gerry |
... |
- 1995-96 - Article, "A Rand/George /
Reconciliation," Fragments, Winter1997 - Article, "The
Necessity of Linguistic Surveillance," Groundswell,
March-April
- 2007 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA,
July
|
Shawgo,
Lloyd |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 1945 - Teacher, Henry George School
|
Swago,
Lloyd (Mrs.) |
Illinois
(Lincoln) |
- 1949 - Member, Henry George woman's Club of
Chicago
|
Shearer,
Patricia |
Colorado
(Colorado Springs) |
- 1982 - Becomes charter member, Colorado
Incentive Tax Association
|
Shearman,
Thomas G. |
New
York
(New York) |
Profession:
corporation lawyer
- 1834 - Born (Birmingham, England)
- 1843 - Family migrated to the United States
(New York City)
- 1850s - Began to study law with Dr. Lyman
Abbott
- 1857 - Began law practice in Brooklyn, New
York
- 1869 - His firm was retained by Jay Gould
to defend him against damage claims arising rom the Gold Panic;
also defended Henry War Beecher
- 1881 - Met Henry George at lecture after
reading Progress and Poverty; began to correspond with
George
- 1887 - Coined term "the Single Tax"
- 1888 - Article,
The
Single Tax and the Tariff, The Standard, Vol.3, 28
January
- 1889 - Attempts to respond to criticisms of
Henry George's statements. He states that while the rich grow
richer the poor become relatively poorer.
- 1890 - Article, "Henry George's
Mistakes," published, The Standard
- 1890 - Pamphlet, "One Tax Enough,"
published from a series of articles in The Standard
- 1890 - Attended National Conference of
Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September
- 1890s - Supporter of Henry George's
campaign
- 1893 - Testified on a fair and just income
tax before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means
Subcomittee on Internal Revenue, 16 October
- 1894 - Speech, "Morality and Taxes,"
to the Manhattan Single Tax Club, New York, 11 March
- 1895 - Book, Natural Taxation
published, Doubleday
- 1895 - Review of Natural Taxation,
in the New York Times, 24 July: "He
is a thorough master of the subject and advances an argument
that, from a purely theoretical standpoint, is perhaps
unanswerable, but as it seems counter to the established order
of things, and the land owners at present control the situation,
it is difficult to see sufficiently far into the future to
determine upon a time when the present conservatism will give
way to the method that he so forcibly advocates."
- 1900 - Address, "The Single Tax and
the Farmer," before the Taxation Committee of the Ohi State
legislature. Quarterly Economist
- 1900 - Died
- 2002 - Essay,
Thomas Shearman
-- Georgist or Infiltrator?, GroundSwell,
January-February
|
Sheets,
John H. |
North
Dakota
(Loma) |
- 1890s - First became active in the Single
Tax movement
- 1928 or 1930 - Died (age 80)
|
Sheffield,
Fred |
New
York
(Flushing) |
- 1890 - Member, Flushing Single Tax Club
|
Sheffield,
Walter H. |
California
(Vista) |
- 19xx - Becomes member HGFA
- 1977 - Died
|
Shelly,
Herbert |
New
York
(Brooklyn) |
|
Shepard,
Odell |
...
|
- 1884 - Born
- 1939 - Professor of English, Trinity
College (winner of 1938 Pulitzer Prize)
- 1939 - Address [topic unknown], at Spring
commencement exercises, Henry George School, 21 June
|
Shepherd,
Ellwood A. |
New
Jersey
(Maplewood) |
- 19-- - Born, Philadelphia
- 1939 - Studied at Henry George School, New
York, under Frank Chodorov
- 194- - Taught at Henry George School of New
Jersey and served on its board
- 1971 - Died, 12 January
|
Sherman,
B. |
Illinois
|
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
|
Sherman,
George H. (Dr.) |
Michigan
(Detroit) |
- 1926 - Active Single Tax supporter
|
Sherrard,
Tom
Photograph |
California
(San Diego) |
- 1956 - Read address, "A Tribute to
Henry George," written by Will Atkinson, at Hospitality
House, Balboa Park
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA
- 1967 - Letter printed, Henry George
News, March
- 1974 - Became original member of L.E.A.F.
- 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
San Francisco, CA
- 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
New York, NY
- 1984 - Attended International Union
conference, Cambridge, England
- 1985 - Elected director, Common Ground USA
- 1988 - Delivered talk, "Taiwan and
China Today," ISTA meeting, November, University of
November
|
Shi,
David |
North
Carolina
(Davidson) |
- 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
|
Shidy,
Wond P. |
California
(Stockton) |
- 1935 - Died (age 84); described as a
long-time Single Taxer
|
Shipley,
Willis E. |
Illinois
(Chicago)
California
(Redondo Beach)
|
- 1936 - Instructor, Henry George School,
Chicago
- 1939 - Address, "The Practical
Application of the Philosophy of Henry George," at the
Henry George Fellowship meeting, 11 July
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA
|
Shipley,
Willis |
Illinois
(Chicago)
California
|
- 1939 - Address delivered at Centenary
celebration of Progress & Poverty, 1 September,
Chicago
- 1940 - Elected to board, Henry George
School, Chicago
- 1953 - Elected board Secretary, Henry
George School
- 1955 - Stepped down from Henry George
School board
- 1958 - Instructor, Henry George School
|
Shoaf,
Kathy |
Ohio
(Columbus) |
- 1952 - Attended Henry George School
conference in Ohio
- 1952 - Attended International Union
conference, Odense, Denmark
|
Shoemaker,
Don C. |
Florida
(Miami) |
- 1975 - Editor, Miami Herald
- Grandnephew of Henry George
- Miami Herald did a study of assessments in
Dade and Broward Counties
|
Shoup,
Donald |
California |
Professor
of Urban Planning, University of California
- 2003 - Paper, "The Ideal Source of
Local Public Revenue," Regional Science and Urban
Economics, October
|
Shriver,
Edward J. |
New
York
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 1887 - Article, "Abolish the Tariff,"
The Standard, Vol.2, 19 November
- 1890 - Attended National Conference of
Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September
- 1914 - Article, "The Income Tax,"
printed in Single Tax Review, Jan-Feb, p.40
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