| Name |
Place(s)
of Residence |
Comments |
Bach,
E. |
(Stuttgart)
|
- 1984 - Attended International Union
conference, Cambridge, England
|
Barteld,
A. |
... |
- 1926 - Attended International Conference,
Copenhagen
|
| BODENREFORM
|
...
|
- 1917 - Adolph Damashke, Editor; located at
32 Lessing Street, Berlin
|
Bohnsack,
Gustav |
Hanover |
- 1964 - Paper, "Germany's Building Land
Tax," presented at the International Union conference, New
York, NY, August-September
- 1973 - Paper, "Thoughts About Reform of
Land Tenure in the Federal Republic of Germany," presented
at the International Union, Isle of Man, September
- 1982 - Paper, "Land Problems and Their
Solution in the Federal Republic of Germany," presented at
the International Union conference, Utrecht, Holland
|
Burodorff,
F. |
...
|
- 1909 - Reported on the Single Tax progress
in the towns of Hildesheim, Cuxhaven, Konigsberg, Single Tax
Review, March-April
|
Damaschke,
Adolf |
Berlin |
- 1865 - Born
- 1892 - Joined League of German Landreform
- 1898 - Elected President, League of German
Land-Reformers
- 1901 - Photograph
- 19-- - Book, Land Reform published.
In this book he wrote:
"The social question is lying at
the root of life of every nation. The nation which does not find
the answer will go to ruin. The nation which does find the
answer will find the way opened to its highest fulfillment. The
decline or ascent of Germany, too, will be decided by it."
- 1912 - Assisted in preparation of a special
issue of the Single Tax Review for Germany (1,000 copies
distributed in Germany)
- 1919 - Name put forward as a candidate for
President of Germany (again in 1920)
- 1920 - Book, Savings for Private Housing
published
- 1924-25 - Book, My Life published
- 1926 - Serving as a special correspondent,
Land and Freedom (thru 19xx)
- 1931 - Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1932 - Book, Land Reform and Agriculture
published
- 1935 - Book, A Struggle for Socialism
and the Nation published
- 1935 - Died
|
Dobbert,
F. |
...
|
- 1891 - Translated Progress and Poverty
into German
|
Dupuis,
Frank |
... |
- Educated in Belgium and Germany, remained in
Africa following the First World War
- [See listing under "United
Kingdom"]
|
Einstein,
Albert |
... |
- 1931 -
Letter
to Mrs. R. W. Evans, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, regarding Henry
George's book, Progress and Poverty
- 1934 -
Henry
George and his Principles, two letters to Anna George De
Mille. Land and Freedom, May-June
|
Eulenstein,
Bernhard |
(Berlin) |
- 188- - Corresponded with Leo Tolstoy
regarding Henry George's works
- 1891 - Began correspondence with Henry
George; urged him to visit Germany
- 1894 - Informed Henry George that Tolstoy
was reading Progress and Poverty to his peasants
|
Erman,
(Prof.) |
Munster |
- 1917 - Active Single Tax supporter
|
Fischer,
Curt (Dr.) |
...
|
- 1949 - Attended International Union
conference, Swanwick, England
|
Fischer,
Helga |
...
|
- 1949 - Attended International Union
conference, Swanwick, England
|
Flurscheim,
Michael |
... |
- 1844 - Born, Frankfurt
- 188x - Book, Germany One Hundred Years
Hence
- 1884 - Book, Auf Friedlichen Wege,
on the cause of economic depressions
- 1888 - Founded League for Land Ownership
Reform
- 1888 - Sought out Henry George while in
Birmingham, England. "Traveling
a couple of weeks with the Henry George party, Flurscheim made
several addresses; and, in his own self-estimate, he succeeded
better than the American in replying to socialist hecklers."
[Charles Albro Barker, Henry George, 1955, p.531]
- 1889 - On Henry George: "He attributes
commercial depressions to speculative land values. But raw
materials, which is what land supplies to industry, are never
cheaper than in times of commercial depression." New
York Times, 21 July
- 1889 - Participated in an international
congress on the land question, Paris, July. Quote: "In
Germany the land question is a far more complicated one than in
England or America."
- 1898 - Visited Wellington, New Zealand
- 1898 - Established New Zealand Commercial
Exchange Co. in Wellington
- 1898 - Pamphlet, Business Without Gold,
published and journal, the Commercial Exchange Gazette,
launched
- 1901 - Moved to Auckland and opened new
exchange
- 1902 - Book, Clue to the Economic
Labyrinth, published
- 1905 - Left New Zealand; returned to Germany
- 1912 - Died
|
FRAGEN
DER FREIHEIT
(Questions of Freedom) |
Coblenz |
- 1992 - Issue devoted to the land question,
March/April
|
Freese,
Heinrich |
... |
- 1888 - Elected President, League for Land
Ownership Reform
- 1896 - Became editor of daily paper in Kiel
- 1898 - Elected President
|
Friedrich,
Karl |
Baden
|
- 1728 - Born, 22 November (Karlsruhe)
- 1746 - Became ruler of Baden-Durlach and
later Baden-Baden
- 1772 - Tract, Abrege des principes
d'Economie Politicque on Physiocratie; he also wrote essays
on Francois Quesney; a biographical note indicates he appointed
DuPont de Nemours as his finance minister for some period of
time
- 1783 - Outlawed serfdom in his kingdom
- 1783 - Engaged the German physiocrat
Schlettwein to introduce the Physiocratic impot unique in three
villages. One historian reports that the experiment failed
because of unfavorable conditions and was abandoned.
- 1811 - Died, 10 June
|
GERMAN
GEORGIST CONFERENCE
|
... |
- 1968 - Held in St. Gall, Switzerland, early
September; 100 attendees anticipated per Robert Clancy
(February)
|
GERMAN
LAND REFORM UNION
|
(Berlin)
|
- 1936 - Addressed a memorial to Reich Finance
Minister Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, "urging that the land tax
be converted into a land value tax not merely as a financial
measure but above all because of its effect in providing
employment and improving housing conditions." This
memorial is referred to in an article by the late Dr. Adolf
Dmaschke in Bodenreform.
|
Gesell,
Silvio
Photograph |
Berlin |
- Profession: Economist
- 1862 - Born, 17 March, in Belgium of German
parents
- 1906 - Book,
The National
Economic Order
- 1915 - Followers founded Free Land and Free
Money League
- 1930 - Died, 11 march
|
Gutschow,
C.D.F. |
... |
- 1880 - Translated Progress and Poverty
into German
|
Heilig,
Bruno |
Austria
|
- See Austria for biographical details on
Bruno Heilig.
|
Hirsch,
Max |
...
|
- 1852 - Born, Cologne
- 18-- - Graduated from Berlin University
- 1890 - Began support of the Single Tax
- 189- - Migrated to Australia
- 1909 - Died, 4 March, in Vladivostock,
Russia
|
Imhoff,
(Prof.) |
Freiburg |
- 1890's - Active Single Tax advocate
|
Karutz,
Otto |
... |
- 1926 - Attended International Conference,
Copenhagen, Denmark
|
Kruger,
Hans |
... |
- 1926 - Attended International Conference,
Copenhagen
|
Mandel,
Emanuel |
... |
- 1959 - Article, "Henry George in West
Germany," published in Henry George News, May
|
Marfels,
Carl |
(Heidelberg)
|
- 1918 - Book, Philosophic and Economic
Talks, a compilation of earlier pamphlets
- 1927 - Visited the United States in the
Fall; met with prominent Single Taxers
- 1928 - Arranged for translations of Will
Atkinson's Outlines of Progress and Poverty into German
and Spanish
- 1929 - Address,
The Riddle
of Modern Society, at the International Union conference,
Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1929 - Died, 11 October, in Berlin (age 75)
|
Marx,
Karl |
... |
- 1881 - Letter, regarding Henry George, to
Friedrich A Sorge, 30 June. Quote: "Theoretically
the man is utterly backward. He understands nothing about the
nature of surplus value. ...The whole thing is threrefore simply
an attempt, decked out with socialism, to save capitalist
domination and indeed to establish it afresh or even under basis
than its present one." [reprinted from Charles
Albra Barker, Henry George, 1955, p.356]
|
Misera,
Joe |
Muenster |
- Member, IU
- 1982 - Attended International Union
conference, Utrecht, Holland
- 1986 - Died
|
Morton,
George |
Stuttgart
England |
- 19-- - Moved to Stuggart, where he lived for
12 years
- 1993-94 - Article, "Rent in a Georgist
Society," Georgist Journal, Winter
|
Nuschke,
Otto |
...
|
- 1883 - Born
- 1929 - Serving as Deputy Prime Minister (DDP - German Democratic Party)
- 1929 - Elected Vice President, International
Union
- 1945 - Re-emerged as one of the leaders of the SPD (Social Democrats), calling for
land reform
- 1951 - Letter, from the State Assocation to Nuschke (2 April) regarding the return
of property confiscated from democratic organizations by the Nazi regime and was now in East Germany
- 1957 - Died
|
Oppenheimer,
Franz |
California
(Los Angeles) |
- 1864 - Born, 30 March, Berlin
- 1885 - Completes medical studies
- 1890 - Begins career as journalist, as
editor of welt am Montag
- 1909 - Serving as Professor of Economics,
University of Berlin
- 1919 - Becomes Prof. of Sociology and
Theoretical National Economics, Frankfort
- 19-- - Book, The State, published
- 19-- - Book, System of Sociology,
published
- 1936 - Book, The Land Reform,
translated into English
- 1938 - Emigrates to U.S. (Los Angeles)
- 1941 - Co-founder of American Journal of
Economics and Sociology
- 1941 - Article, "An Early Land Reformer
[Charles Hall]," The Freeman, October
- 1942 - Article, "Lebenstraum in
Germany," The Freeman, July
- 1943 - Died, 30 September
- 1953 -
Remembrance
by Otto Juliusburger
|
Paletta,
Alexander (Dr.) |
... |
- 1926 - Attended International Conference,
Copenhagen
- 1929 - Paper, "The Valuation and
Taxation of Land in Germany," presented at International
Union conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1929 - Elected to the Executive Committee,
International Union
|
| Pfannschmidt,
Martin (Dr.) |
... |
- 1952 - Attended International Union
conference, Odense, Denmark
- 1955 - Attended International Union
conference, St. Andrews University, Scotland
- 1957 - Delivered paper, "Will West
Germany Introduce Land-Value Taxation," at IU conference
- 1954 - Book, Die Bodenrente in
Raumwirtschaft Und Raumpolitik (Land Rent in "space
economics"and "space politics"), reviewed by
Bennett Challis, Henry George News, July
- 1955 - Paper, "Reconstruction and
Recovery in West Germany," presented at the International
Union conference, St. Andrews University, Scotland
- 1959 - Attended International Union
conference, Hanover, West Germany
|
Richard,
Heinrich |
Bonn |
- 1955 - Article, "Georgism in Germany,"
Henry George News, March
- 1966 - Article, Henry George News
|
Schar,
Alfred |
... |
- 1926 - Attended International Conference,
Copenhagen
- 1936 - Attended International Union
conference, London
|
Scheld,
Max |
Berlin |
- 1886 - Wrote to Henry George to inform him
of founding of Land Liga
|
Schmidt,
Kurt (Dr.) |
...
|
- 1939 - Address, read for him at the Henry
George Congress, New York, NY; 29 August - 4 September
|
Schmidt,
Rudolf |
... |
- 1947 - Member, Bund fur Land und Freiheit
- 1949 - Paper, "Starting Anew in
Germany," presented at International Union conference,
Swanwick, England
- 1952 - Attended International Union
conference, Odense, Denmark
|
Schmoller,
Gustav |
... |
- Leader of Germany's historical economists
- 1881 - Criticized Henry George's Progress
and Poverty in Schmoller's Jahrbuch. "Schmoller
... acknowledged in George a writer of large heart and sharp
vision who had penetrated the American situation ... and ... had
woven new woof across the old warp of classical economics."
[Reprinted from Charles Albra Barker, Henry George,
1955, p.334]
|
Schrameier,
Ludwig Wilhelm (Dr.)
|
(Berlin) |
- 1859 - Born, 2 October, Essen
- 18-- - Received doctorate in theology
- 18-- - Served in China for 25 years and was
given charge of the fiscal affairs of the colony of Kiauchau
- 1910 - Returned to Germany
- 1911 - Article, on Germany, Single Tax
Review
- 1912 - Article regarding Kiauchau, Single
Tax Review, March-April
- 1917 - Contributed chapter on the "Single
Tax in Kiauchan" for the Single Tax Five Year Book
- 1926 - Died (in China)
|
Schwartz
(or Schwarz),
Arnold (Dr.) |
...
|
- 1926 - Attended International Conference,
Copenhagen
- 1936 - Visited offices of Land and
Freedom. Joseph Dana Miller wrote: "He says there
is no ban on the teaching of our philosophy in Germany. Writers
and speakers must refrain however from saying anything against
the government. On other topics they are free to speak."
- 1949 - Attended International Union
conference, Swanwick, England
|
SEMINAR
FUER FREIHEITLICHE ORDNUNG
(Society for a Liberal Social Order) |
... |
|
Sitte,
Siegfried |
... |
- 1890s - Joined League of German Landreform
|
Ternyik,
Stephen I. |
(Pullach)
|
- 2005 - Member, Council of Georgist
Organizations
|
Thuenen,
Heinrich von |
... |
- 1890s - Joined League of German Landreform
|
Wagner,
Adolph |
Berlin |
- 1835 - Born, 3 March, Erlangen
- 1858 - Appointed Instructor of Political
Economy, Vienna; he became a strong proponent of the welfare
state
- 1870 - Appointed professor of political
economy, University of Berlin
- 1881 - Reviewed Henry George's Progress
and Poverty
|
Wernicke,
Waldo I. |
...
|
- 1927 - Described by Dr. Ramon P. deNegri
(Mexican consul to Germany) as "a Henry George man"
|
Zincke,
Erich |
Hanover |
- 1957 - Remembrance of Arthur Madsen,
published in Land and Liberty
- 1959 - Attend IU conference, Hanover, West
Germany
- 1959 - Translated Progress and Poverty
into German
- 1960 - Photograph
- 1960 - Paper, "German Economists and
Political Economy," presented at the Henry George Schools
conference, Detroit, MI
- 1960 - Delivered speech, "Germany's
Land Problem," Henry George School banquet, May; reprinted
in the Henry George News, June
- 1969 - Paper [title not known], American
Journal of Economics and Sociology, April
- 1969 - Died, 14 August, age 80
|
| Name |
Place(s)
of Residence |
Comments |
Adractus,
G. |
...
|
- Profession: professor
- 1929 - Advocated Henry George's reforms for
Greece
|
Andrew,
Alice (Princess) |
...
|
- 1928 - Joined the International Union and
was actively promoting Henry George's ideas to her countrymen;
she was first introduced to Henry George's works by the wife of
Fiske Warren
- 1929 - Quote: "the application of the
principles of Henry George ... is considered by man the simplest
and most rational proposal," printed in the Daily Proia,
25 January. Reprinted from Land and Freedom, March-April
- 1929 - Began translating Single Tax
literature into Greek
|
Giannelia,
Pavlos |
Villeurbanne |
- 1890 - Born, Greece
- 1917 - Became active in Georgist movement
- 1920 - Served in the Greek diplomatic
service in Vienna until 1939
- 1926 - Attended International Union
conference, Copenhagen, as official representative of the Greek
government
- 1929 - Attended International Union
conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, as official representative of
the Greek government
- 1929 - Paper, "Agrarian Reform in East
and Mid-Europe From the Georgeist Viewpoint," presented at
International Union conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1929 - Elected to the Executive Committee,
International Union
- 1936 - Attended International Union
conference, London
- 1939 - Article,
Impressions of
a Georgeist in Switzerland, Land and Freedom,
November-December
- 1940 - Served as special correspondent to
Land and Freedom
- 1940 - Article, "The Land Values of
France," Land and Freedom, May-June
- 1940 - Noted as still able to supply Land
and Freedom with articles and receive communications; he was
now residingd in Neuilly-le-Real; Land and Freedom,
September-October
- 1940 - Article,
Trade
in the Hitlerian Empire, Land and Freedom,
September-October
- 1940 - Article, "Liechtenstein: Land
Without Army or Taxes," Land and Freedom,
November-December
- 1940-42 - Served as special correspondent
for France for Land and Freedom
- 1941 - Article,
France Returns
to the Soil, Land and Freedom, January-February
- 1941 - Article, "Greece: Her Economic
Background," Land and Freedom, March-April
- 1941 - Article,
A Visit to
Switzerland, Land and Freedom, July-August
- 1942 - Paper,
Quesnay
and the Single Tax, Land and Freedom, March-April
- 1942 - Article,
Denmark's
Heritage of Freedom, Land and Freedom, July-August
- 1942 - Article,
A Portrait of Anne
Robert Jacques Turgot, Land and Freedom,
November-December
- 1949 - Attended International Union
conference, Swanwick, England
- 1952 - Attended International Union
conference, Odense, Denmark
- 195- - Reported as still a member of the
International Union
- 1958 - Letter printed, Henry George News
- 1959 - Attended IU conference, Hanover, West
Germany
- 1961 - Letter printed, Henry George News,
January
- 1968 - Attended the International Union
conference
- 1973 - Attended International Union
conference, Isle of Man, September
- 1979 - Died
|
Paspati,
A.G. |
...
|
- 1949 - Attended International Union
conference, Swanwick, England
- 1952 - Attended International Union
conference, Odense, Denmark
|
Pesmazoglon,
Stephane |
...
|
- 1929 - Editor of Proia; interviewed
Princess Alice and agreed to promote Henry George's reforms
|
Taglis,
Stavros |
Athens |
- 199- - Graduate of HGI correspondence
courses
- 1990-91 - Article, "LVT and Ability to
Pay," Winter
|
Arevalo,
Marco Vinicio Cerezo |
... |
- 1985 - An independent liberal, elected
President, calls for a heavy tax on land
|
Ayau,
Manuel F. |
... |
- 1986 - President, Universidad Francisco
Marroquin, advocates land tax on William F. Buckley's Firing
Line, October
|
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