| Name |
Place(s)
of Residence |
Comments
|
Wick,
Adele |
New
Hampshire
(Greenland)
|
- 2004 - Serving on the board, Robert
Schalkenbach Foundation
- 200x - Elected President, Robert
Schalkenbach Foundation board
- 2007 - Delivered remarks at the Scranton,
PA. CGO conference banquet, GroundSwell, July-August
- 2009 - Attended the Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, Cleveland, Ohio, August
|
Wickberg,
E. (Mrs.) |
New
Jersey |
- 1967 - Attended Henry George School
conference, Montreal, Quebec; July
|
Wicke,
Adele |
New
Hampshire
(Greenland) |
- 200x - Elected President, Robert
Schalkenbach Foundation board
- 2007 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA,
July
|
Widmer,
Joseph W. |
Missouri
(St. Louis) |
- 1952 - Teacher, Henry George School
|
Wiggins,
John S. |
California
(Los Angeles) |
- 1958 - Instructor, Henry George School, Los
Angeles, CA
- 1979 - Paper, "Essence of Georgism,"
presented at Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA,
August
- 1984 - Attended International Union
conference, Cambridge, England
- 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Philadelphia, PA
|
Wik,
Julia |
California
(San Diego) |
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA
|
Wilbert,
A.L. |
New
York
|
- 1939 - Advocated the Single Tax; chair of
the economics department, Abraham Lincoln High School, Brooklyn
|
Wilcox,
Clay |
California
(San Francisco) |
- 1951 - Completes courses at Henry George
School
|
Wilcox,
Delos F. |
New
York
(New York) |
Profession:
Deputy Water Commissioner
- 1873 - Born
- 19xx - Earned Ph.D., Columbia University
- 1920s - Financially supported Land and
Freedom
- 1928 - Died, 4 April (age 55)
|
Wilcox,
Lucian T. |
Iowa
(Cedar Rapids) |
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Foundation
conference, Pittsburgh, PA; November
- 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, Detroit, MI
|
Wilcox,
Margaret |
Massachusetts
(Martha's Vineyard) |
- 1967 - Attended Henry George School
conference, Montreal, Quebec; July
|
Wilder,
A.A. |
California
(El Cajon) |
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA
|
Wiley,
Ann |
Colorado
(Colorado Springs) |
- 1982 - Becomes charter member, Colorado
Incentive Tax Assn.
|
Wilkie,
Fred A. |
California
(San Diego) |
Profession:
Engineer
- 1926 - Address, at the annual dinner of the
Single Tax Society
|
Wilkins,
A.H. |
Texas
(Dallas) |
- 1916 - Participated in the first Single Tax
conference in Texas
- 1937 - Died, 25 July (age 91)
|
Willcox,
Lucien F. |
Iowa
(Cedar Rapids) |
- 1939 - Completed Henry George School
correspondence course; began teaching at new Henry George School
extension
|
Willcox,
Walter Ross Baumes |
Oregon
(Eugene) |
- 1867 - Born
- 1904 - Designed John Dewey Hall, University
of Vermont Medical College
- 1922 - Appointed head of architecture
curriculum, University of Oregon; served to 1947
- 19xx - Monograph, "WRB Willcox: His
Architectural and Educational Theory," by David Shelman
- 1929 - Head of Department of Architecture,
Oregon State Univesity, Eugene; held Wednesday discussions with
students on economic issues
- 1929 - Head of the Department of
Architecture, Oregon State University, Eugene; holds Wednesday
discussions with students on economic issues
- 1933 - Article,
The
Policy of Land Value Taxationists and Single Taxers, Land
and Freedom, July-August
- 1938 - Book,
Taxation Turmoil,
published
- 1940 - Article,
A Challenge
to Pessimism, Land and Freedom, November-December
- 194- - Article,
Rent
as Payment for Service, Land and Freedom
|
Willeges,
August |
Iowa
(Sioux City) |
- 1926 - Letter, "The Gentle Single
Taxer," New Republic
|
Willett,
Roslyn |
New
York
(New York)
|
- 1947 - Participated in meetings with Frank
Chodorov and several mathematicians and physicists "to
reduce George's political economyto mathematical formulae."
- 1990 - Letter, regarding the above meeting
appeared in GroundSwell, July-August
|
William,
Maurice |
... |
- 1921 - Book, The Social Interpretation
of History
1944 - Address, "Sun Yat-Sen, the Misunderstood,"
delivered at the Henry George School, New York, NY; 30 January
- 1949 - Address, [topic not known] delivered
at Henry George School conference, New York, NY; July
(introduced as having had influence on the policies of Sun Yat
Sen)
|
Williams,
C.J. |
Alabama
(Ashland) |
- 1984 - Attended International Union
conference, Cambridge, England
|
Williams,
Carl G. |
Illinois
|
- 1926 - Candidate for Clerk of the Supreme
Court, Commonwealth Land Party
|
Williams,
Charles D. (Rev.) |
Michigan
|
Profession:
Bishop of Michigan
- 1927 - Died; referred to as "an
ardent Single Taxer"
|
Williams
Charles H. |
Maryland
(Baltimore) |
- 1890 - Served as Secretary, Single Tax
Association of East Baltimore
|
Williams,
Charles M. |
Ohio
(Cincinnati) |
- 1974 - Initiated project to collect
photograph and signatures of all candidates for the U.S.
Presidency and Vice Presidency, including the Single Tax Party
and Commonwealth Land Party
|
Williams,
Charles W. |
Michigan
(Detroit) |
- 1918 - Letter, Everyman, April, in
which he wrote: "I heartily
appreciate the intent and purpose of The Great Adventure. I
believe in putting up the single tax issue squarely. Now is the
time to push the issue."
|
Williams,
Christopher
Biographical Sketch
|
New
York
(New York) |
- 2001 - Appointed Executive Director, Robert
Schalkenbach Foundation, June
- 2001 - Attended International Union
conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 2005 - Position terminated with the Robert
Schlakenbach Foundation
|
Williams,
Cora |
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia) |
- 1944 - Became new instructor, Henry George
School
|
Williams,
Emmie |
California
|
- 1889 - Attended National Conference of
Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September
|
Williams,
E.T. |
...
|
- 1899 - Missionary in China. Translated Henry
George's Progress and Poverty into Mandarin Chinese,
printed in Shanghai
|
Williams,
F.F. |
...
|
- 1887 - Article, "The Lost Equilibrium:
How Men Lost Their Foothold in the Gaden of the Lord," The
Standard, 8 January
|
Williams,
Frank |
California
(San Diego) |
- 19-- - Member, San Diego Single Tax Club
- 1924 - Died
|
Williams,
H. Martin |
Missouri
(Kansas City)
(Bevier) |
- 1890 - Address, on taxation, delivered
(location not known)
- 1890 - Attended National Conference of
Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September
- 1890s - Active in Single Tax movement
- 1912 - Appointed Reading Clerk of the U.S.
House of Representatives (until dismissed in 1917 for his
opposition to U.S. entry into the First World War)
- 1924 - Died, 8 March
|
Williams,
James H. |
New
Hampshire
(West Lebanon) |
- 1965 - Reviewed drafts of Hemen Chase's
book, American Ideals
|
Williams,
John F. |
Oregon
(Oregon City) |
Served
as mayor of Oregon City
- 2005 - Letter regarding "takings"
and "givings" related to land values, and proposing
land value taxation, The Oregonian, 3 February
|
Williams,
Percy |
Pennsylvania
(Pittsburgh)
(Carnegie) |
- 19-- - Serving as Executive Secretary, Land
Value Taxation League of Pennsylvania
- 1926 - Founding board member, Henry George
Foundation of America; elected Secretary
- 1927 - Presented testimony in favor of a
bill to adopt the "graded tax" for Wilmington,
Delaware, 3 March
- 1927 - Article, "A Graded Tax law for
Wilmington," Wilmington Chamber of Commerce Journal,
March
- 1927 - Address, on the graded tax system,
delivered to multiple groups in the Chicago area (arranged by
Frederick H. Monroe)
- 1927 - Participated in the Henry George
Congress, New York, NY, September
- 1927 - Began teaching a newe course based
on Henry George's writings at the Henry George Foundation of
America offices
- 1928 - Appointed Executive Secretary, Fair
Taxation and assessment League of Pennsylvania
- 1928 - Delivered a series of addresses on
land value taxation around the country
- 1929 - Address, "A National Programme
of Action," delivered at the Henry George Foundation of
America Congrss, Pittsburgh, PA, September
- 1930 - Paper, "Progress in Pittsburgh
and Pennsylvania," delivered at Henry George Congress, San
Francisco; September
- 1930 - Address, on the Single Tax, delivered
at Allegheny College, Meadville, PA (500 students in attendance)
and met with members of the Liberal Club, November
- 1931 - Delegate to Henry George Congress,
Baltimore; October
- 1935 - Article,
Are
Conventions Worth While?, Land and Freedom,
January-February
- 1943 - Re-elected to the board, Henry
George Foundation
- 1949 - Address, "Education for
Political Action," at Henry George Foundation of America
Congress, Philadelphia, Pa., 16 September
- 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
- 1955 - Article,
Pennsylvania,
from the book, Land-Value Taxation Around the World,
published by the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
- 1958 - Serving on board, Henry George
Foundation
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Foundation
conference, Pittsburgh, PA; November
1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, NJ
Trustee, Henry George Foundation of America
1960 - Executive Secretary, Henry George Foundation of America
1960 - Paper, "Progress in Pennsylvania," presented
at Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI
1961 - Attended Henry George School conference, Hartford,
Connecticut
1962 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Chatham
College, Pittsburgh, PA
1962 - Pamphlet,
The
Pittsburgh Graded Tax Plan, published by Robert
Schalkenbach Foundation
1966 - Attended Henry George School conference, St. Louis,
Missouri
1969 - Article,
Understanding
the Tax on Land Rent, Henry George News, June
1969 - Attended Henry George School conference, Chicago,
Illinois
1974 - Executive Director and Treasurer, Graded Tax League of
Pennsylvania
1975 - Executive Director, Graded Tax League of Pennsylvania
1975 - Provided update on Henry George Foundation at Henry
George Foundation conference, Evanston, IL, July
1977 - Registered for but did not attend Joint Georgist
Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
1977 - Died, December 27, age 90
|
Williams,
S. Edward |
California
(Berkeley) |
- 1930 - Delegate to Henry George Congress,
San Francisco; September
- 1940 - Address, "A Science Struggling
to Be Born," at Fall commencement exercises, East Bay Henry
George School extension 27 November
- 1941 - Teaching Science of Political
Economy class
- 1941 - Address, "Arming in Humanity's
Cause," at commencement exercises, East Bay Henry George
School extension, 6 May
|
Williams,
Samuel W. |
Indiana
(Vincennes) |
- 1890 - Serving on state executive committee,
Indiana Single Tax League
- 1890 - Attended National Conference of
Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York, NY, September
|
| Williams,br>Samuel
T. |
Maryland
(Frederick) |
- 2007 - Elected to board, Henry George
Foundation of America
|
Williams,
Thomas W. |
California
|
- 1914 - Became committed to advocacy of the
Single Tax (after serving as Secretary of State in the Socialist
Party
- 1917 - Letter, Everyman, October, in
which he wrote: "If I know
anything about the Socialist feeling in this state, itis for the
Free Earth demand of The Great Adventure, which it voted for
solidly last year. California Socialists want more, not less,
than a free earth, and they want it soon. Half-hearted demands
for reform measures don't interest."
- 1931 - Died, 11 April
|
Williams,
Woodrow W. |
... |
- 1913 - Born
- 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
- 1957 - Article, "Down on the Farm,"
Henry George News, April
- 1958 - Paper, "The Farm Problems and
the Land Value Tax," presented at the Henry George
Foundation conference, Pittsburgh, PA; November
- 1959 - Article, "The Taxation Problem,"
published in Henry George News, October
- 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, Detroit, MI
- 1961 - Letter, Henry George News,
July
- 1965 - Article, "Government
Intervention in Agriculture," Land & Liberty,
February/March
- 1965 - Article, "Higher Assessments on
Idle Land," Henry George News, June
- 1965 - Article, "Ducks and Drakes in
U.S. Farming," Land & Liberty,
November-December
- 1966 - Article, "The Farm Maze in the
U.S.," Land & Liberty, February-March
- 1966 - Attended Henry George School
conference, St. Louis, Missouri
- 1967 - Attended Henry George School
conference, Montreal, Quebec; July
- 1969 - Article, "Free Enterprise for
Farmers," Henry George News, October
- 1970 - Letter, Henry George News,
May
- 1973 - Attended International Union
conference, Isle of Man, September
- 1976 - Attended Henry George Foundation
conference, Evanston, IL
- 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
- 1978 - Article,
A
Farmer on the Farm Situation, The Gargoyle,
January
- 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
- 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
San Francisco, CA
- 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
New York, NY
- 1982 - Photograph
- 1982 - Attended International Union
conference, Utrecht, Holland
- 1984 - Attended International Union
conference, Cambridge, England
- 1985 - Participated in a panel discussion
on "The Farm Problem," at the CGO conference, St.
Louis, Missouri; July
- 1989 - Elected trustee, Henry George
Foundation
- 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Philadelphia, PA
- 1997 - Died, June, age 84
|
Willis,
Robert P. |
Iowa
Des Moines |
- 19-- - Born, Montana
- 1945 - Entered Iowa State Colelge to study
horticulture
- 1981 - Completed HGI correspondence
courses; became member, HGI
- 1981 - Prepared study, Property Tax
Reform in Iowa, submitted to the Iowa Progressive Coalition
- 1984-85 - Article, "Is the Land Value
Tax Sufficient?" Georgist Journal, Winter
- 1985 - Paper, "Land Value Taxation for
Schools and Local Governments: Impact on Taxpayers and Local
Economies,"
- 1985 - Particpated in a panel discussion on
"The Farm Problem," at the CGO conference, St. Louis,
Missouri; July
- 1987 - Formed Economic Justice Advocates
- 1989 - Testified before several legislative
committees on behalf of LVT
- 2007 - Letter, "Sales Tax is the Wrong
Way to Pay for Improvements," Cityview, Des Moines,
Iowa, 27 June; reprinted in GroundSwell, July-August
|
Willis,
(Walter L.) |
Delaware
(Wilmington) |
- 1918 - Letter, Everyman, April, in
which he wrote: "Now is the time
of all times for the application of single tax, and California
is the place."
|
Willock,
Harry H. |
Pennsylvania
(Pittsburgh) |
- 1911 - Active Single Taxer
- 1911 - Pamphlet,
Unused Democracy
- 1927 - Debated the Single Tax with
University of Pittsburgh Professor of Economics, Francis D.
Tyson, at the Brotherhood of the Episcopal Church of the
Ascension, Pittsburgh, Pa., 16 May. "Dr.
Tyson argued that the political economy of the days of Henry
George had been supplanted by modern economics. he also asserted
that land, having been capitalized, cold not ... be treated as
distinctly separate and apart form other forms of capital, and
that the confiscation of rent was not justified."
1928 - Moved (?) to Hawaii
|
Wilmarth,
L.E. |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1882 - Became founding member, Free Soil
Society
|
Wilson,
Allan J. |
Ohio
(Cleveland)
New York
(Merrick, L.I.) |
- 1930 - Wrote to Governor Myers Cooper "and
his tax committee of 160, urging that government be supported by
taxing land values."
- 1947 - Article, on Henry George, Cleveland
Plain Dealer
- 1949 - Attended International Union
conference, Swanwick, England
- 1952 - Attended International Union
conference, Odense, Denmark
- 1953 - Letter, Henry George News,
May
|
Wilson,
Bertram A. |
Pennsylvania
(Erie) |
- 1950s - Active in LVT campaign
- 1979 - Member, Graded Tax League of
Pennsylvania, on state advisory board
- 1990 - Died, Bradenton, Florida
|
Wilson,
Gustaf Robert |
...
|
- 1906 - Born, 4 May, Ridgefield Park, NJ
- 1937 - Took Henry George courses taught by
William Quasha
- 1939 - Began teaching at Henry George
School
- 1942 - Died, 25 December
|
Wilson,
Helen |
California
(San Francisco) |
- 1930s - Teacher, Henry George courses (at
least thru 1939)
|
Wilson,
Henry H. |
Pennsylvania
(Beaver) |
- 1918 - Letter, Everyman, April, in
which he wrote: "My psychic
sense bids me hope for big things of The Great Adventure this
year, and my political sense agrees."
|
Wilson,
H.H. (Judge) |
Pennsylvania
|
- 1952 - Attended International Union
conference, Odense, Denmark
|
Wilson,
J. Stitt |
... |
- 1917 - President, Equity Tax League of
California
|
Wilson,
James |
Illinois
Chicago |
- 2005 - Article, "Real Tax Reform
Progress," September-October
|
Wilson,
James |
Missouri
(St. Louis) |
- 1890 - Serving as Secretary, Reform Club of
LaRue
|
Wilson,
R.B. |
Idaho
(Emmett) |
- 1931 - Letter, regarding the teaching of
political economy, Land and Freedom, May-June. Quote: "When
the professors of political economy teach the truth and put the
emphasis on the right place the battle will soon be won."
|
Wilson,
Ruth |
California
(Coronado) |
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA
|
Wilson,
Stanley B. |
California
(Los Angeles) |
- 1917 - Letter, Everyman, October, in
which he wrote: "Such tactics as
those of the taxation reformers against the fundamental issue
raised by The Great Adventure are always used when a big popular
issue looms dangerous. The people of California understand them
pretty well by this time. The Equity Taxation League is really
not dangerous to anybody or anything."
|
Wilson,
William B. |
|
- 1913 - Appointed Secretary of Labor by
Woodrow Wilson
|
| Wilson,
Woodrow |
...
|
- 1941 - Henry Morganthau, Sr. comments on
Wilson's principles in an interview ("Morganthau at 85
Recalls a Full Life") by S.J. Woolf in the New York
Times, 27 April: "Mr. Wilson
had but one prejudice. That was against wealth; he believed that
no man could honestly amass a million dollars in a lifetime. At
heart he was a follower of Henry George and strongly objected to
private profit accuring through the increase in land values."
Land and Freedom, May-June
- 19xx - Quote: "All
the country needs is a new and sincere body of thought in
politics, coherently, distinctly, and boldly uttered by men who
are sure of their ground. The power of men like Henry George
seems to me to mean that; and why should not men who have sure
purposes avail themselves of this thirst ..."
|
Wingate,
Charles F. |
...
|
- 1890s - Working as a journalist and
supported Henry George's campaign
- 1898 - Book, What Shall our Boys Do For
A Living?
|
Wingfield,
Daisey |
Missouri
(St. Louis) |
- 1940 - Instructor, Henry George School
|
Winsor,
Ellen |
Pennsylvania
(Malvern)
|
Active
in women's suffrage movement/font>
- 1923 - Member, Amnesty Committee for
Political Prisoners
- 1942 - Co-authored book, Land, Labor,
and Wealth
- 1942 - Letter, supporting the editorial
policy on the war of The Freeman, December
- 1959 - Died, September
|
Windsor,
Jean |
Maryland
(Baltimore) |
- 1940s - Began to work as volunteer at Robert
Schalkenbach Foundation
- 1978 - Co-founded Marylanders United for
the Single Tax
- 1989 - Elected trustee, HGFA
- 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Philadelphia, PA
- 2001 - Died, 3 September
|
Wingert,
Oliver |
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia) |
- 1918 - Letter, Everyman, April,
supporting The Great Adventure campaign
|
Winne,
George C. |
New
Jersey |
- 1938 - Serving as extension director, Henry
George School, New Jersey
- 1938 - Article, "Slum Clearance: A
Real Racket," The Freeman, November
- 1943 - Serving on board, Henry George
School, New Jersey
- 1943 - Address, "In This America?"
delivered at Hackensach Lions Club, 17 November
- 1943 - Participated in Henry George School
commencement dinner, Newark, NJ; 14 December
|
Winsborrow,
Gertrude |
California
(Los Angeles) |
- 1951 - Volunteer part-time secretary at
Henry George School
|
Winterbottom,
Pauline |
California
(Sacramento) |
- 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
San Francisco, CA
|
Winters,
Simon N. |
New
York
(Long Island) |
- 1948 - Joins faculty, Henry George School
- 1974 - Elected trustee, Henry George School
- 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
New York, NY
- 1996-97 - Article, "Nobody Knows Your
Name," Fragments, Winter
- 1992 - Initiatives Social Science Forum at
Henry George School, NY
- 1997 - Article, "The Georgist
Interpretation of Hisotyr," Fragments, Summer-Fall
|
Wiren,
Georges r. |
...
|
- 1942 - Letter, supporting the editorial
policy of The Freeman on need to fight for freedom, July
|
| WISCONSIN
PROPERTY OWNERS LEAGUE |
Wisconsin
(Beloit) |
- 198x - Nadine Stoner elected President
|
Wise,
Sanford (Sandy) J. (Jr.) |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1939 - Article,
Johannesburg:
An Economic Error, The Freeman, August
- 1939 - Address, "Youth's Hope in
Democracy," at Young People's Group, First Presbyterian
Church, Brooklyn, NY, 8 October
- 1940 - Instructor, Henry George School, NY
- 1942 - Moved to Philadelphia and teaching
at Henry George School
|
Withers,
Eugene |
Virginia
(Danville) |
- 1890 - Active in single tax movement
|
Withers,
W.F. |
New
York
(Brooklyn) |
- 1890 - Serving as Secretary, Brooklyn Single
Tax Club
- 1927 - Elected Treasurer, The Freeland
Club, Los Angeles, California
|
Witt,
Peter |
Ohio
(Cleveland) |
- 1869 - Born, Cleveland, OH, 24 July
- 1886 - First heard of Progress and
Poverty, from a fellow workman, William A. Cronenberger
- 1900 - Deputized by Tom L. Johnson to
survey tax inequalities
- 1903 - Elected City Clerk; served to 1910
- 1912 - Appointed traction commissioner by
Newton D. Baker, who succeeded Johnson as mayor
- 1915 - Campaigned for office of mayor
- 1923 - Elected to City Council; served thru
1927
- 1926 - Elected to the National Advisory
Committee, Henry George Foundation of America
- 1929 - Address, on recent British elections
(which he observed while in England), delivered at the Henry
George Foundation of America Congress, Pittsburgh, PA, September
- 1930 - Delivered talks on protective tariffs
- 1932 - Delegate to Henry George Congress,
Memphis
- 1935 - Made a series of broadcasts on "Economic
Ignorance," over WGAR, stressing the philosophy of Henry
George
- 1937 - Photograph
- 1938 - Address at the banquet, Henry George
Congress, Toronto, Ontario
|
Wobbe,
C.R. |
Ohio
(Springfield) |
- 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
|
Wohlgemuth,
Kurt |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 19-- - Instructor, Henry George School
- 1944 - Died, 27 September
|
Wolf,
A.J. |
New
York
|
- 1890 - Attended National Conference of
Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September
|
Wolfe,
Duane |
...
|
- 1989 - Serving as trustee, Basic Economic
Education
|
Wolfe,
Frances |
...
|
- 1929 - Attended International Union
conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
|
Wolfe,
J. Dennis |
Florida
(Pensacola) |
- 1890 - Serving as President, Pensacola
Single Tax Club
|
Wolfe,
Joseph |
Colorado
|
- 19xx - Active supporter of the Single Tax
|
Wolff,
Trilby |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA
- 1967 - Attended Henry George School
conference, Montreal, Quebec; July
- 1978 - Died
|
Wolin,
(Mrs.) |
... |
Daughter
of English Georgist Matthewe Warriner
- 1943 - Instructor, Henry George School, New
York, NY
|
Wolin,
Mark |
New
York
(Brooklyn) |
- 1943 - Letter, regarding novel Cross
Creek, by Marjorie Kinna, Henry George News,
September
|
| Woltersdorf,
E. |
Illinois
|
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
|
| WOMAN'S
NATIONAL TAX RELIEF ASSOCIATION |
District
of Columbia |
- 1940 - Established in Washington, DC; Mrs.
W.J. White, President
|
WOMAN'S
SINGLE TAX CLUB
|
... |
- 1911 - Founded
- 1944 - Annual meeting, Riverdale, Maryland
|
Wood,
Charles Erskine Scott |
Oregon |
|
Wood,
Cyms |
New
York |
- 1952 - Letter, Henry George News,
July; regarding John Dewey
|
Wood,
Dixie |
California
(San Francisco)
(El Monte)
Colorado
(Denver) |
- 1955 - Moved to Denver, Colorado; started
Henry George School extension
- 1956 - Resigned as director, Henry George
School
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA
- 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
San Francisco, CA
- 1982 - Attended International Union
conference, Utrecht, Holland
- 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Philadelphia, PA
|
Wood,
Oscar D. |
New
Jersey
(Passaic) |
- 1890 - Serving as President, Single Tax
Committee of Passaic
|
Wood,
R.F. |
Missouri
|
- 1935 - Professor of History, Missouri State
Teachers College
- 1935 - Letter, Land and Freedom,
March-April. Quote: "I have
enjoyed very much 'The Philosophy of Henry George' by Dr. George
R. Geiger. I have been a reader of the principles of Henry
George for the past twenty-five years and want to say that he
has never been answered."
|
Wood,
Robert |
...
|
- 19-- - Appointed Secretary, U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development
- 1981 - Elected trustee, Henry George
School, Boston
- 1981 - Delivered talk on changing roles of
Federal government in U.S., at Council of Georgist Organizations
conference, Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, New Hampshire
|
Wood,
William A. (Rev.) |
Massachusetts
(Framingham) |
- 1880s - Ardent Singler Taxer
- 1933 - Died
|
Wood,
Win C. (Dr.) |
New
York
(Gloversville) |
- 1890 - Serving as Secretary, Single Tax
Committee
|
Woodard,
Joseph |
California
(San Francisco) |
- 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
San Francisco, CA
|
Woodburn,
James A. |
Michigan
(Bloomington) |
- 1926 - Retired from the Department of
Economics, University of Michigan
|
Woodlock,
Thomas F. |
... |
- 1867 - Born
- 1895 - Book, The Anatomy of a Railroad
Report
- 189x - Began a column in the Wall Street
Journal, "Thinking It Over"
- 194x - Active in founding of the American
Journal of Economics and Sociology
- 1945 - Died, 25 August
|
Woodruff,
Archibald M.
Photograph |
Connecticut
(Simsbury) |
- 1964 - Sent to Australia and New Zealand by
Lincoln Foundation to do a study on LVT
- 1967 - Provost, Hartford University
- 19-- - Professor of Real Estate Management,
University of Pittsburgh
- 1970 - Delivered address on urban issues,
Henry George School (reported on in Henry George News,
October)
- 1979 - Paper, "The Application of
Georgism in Taiwan," presented at the Joint Georgist
Conference, San Francisco, CA, August
- 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
New York, NY
- 1980 - Article, "Five Lessons for Land
Reformers: the Case of Taiwan," Land & Liberty,
May/June
- 1981 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, New
Hampshire
- 1982 - Paper, "Lessons From Taiwan,"
presented at International Union conference, Utrecht, Holland
- 1984 - Died, August 26
|
Woodward,
W.E. |
...
|
- 1927 - Book, Bunk, includes chapter
on the land question but offers a socialist solution
|
Woolery,
Arlo |
Massachusetts
(Cambridge) |
- 1920 - Born
- 1943 - Graduated from Luther College, Iowa
- 1967 - Appointed Director, the Property Tax
Program for the State of Arizona (thru 1976)
- 1974 - Appointed Executive Director,
Lincoln Institute for Land Policy (to 1986)
- 1977 - Pamphlet,
Recapturing
Society's Share of Increased Land Values, published by the
Lincoln Institute
- 1978 - Monograph,
The Role
of Taxation in Land Policy, published by the Lincoln
Institute, No.78-10
- 1983 - Photograph
- 1987 - Article, "The Dreams of
Darin-Drabkin and Henry George," Land & Liberty,
July-August
- 2002 - Died, 28 February (Sun city West,
Arizona)
|
Woolery,
Robert P. |
... |
- 1943 - Attended Henry George birthday
celebration, Arden, Delaware; 5 September
|
Wooley,
(Woolley?)
Stewart D. |
...
|
- 1973 - Served as Treasurer and trustee,
Henry George School, New Jersey
|
Woolf,
J.W. |
Illinois
|
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
|
Woolley,
Stewart D. |
...
|
- 1973 - Stepped down from board, Henry George
School of New Jersey (relocated to Sarasota, Florida
|
Wooster,
Alfred |
... |
- 1894 - Charter member, Fairhope Industrial
Association
|
Work,
Thos. H. |
New
York
(Buffalo) |
- 19-- - Serving as Secretary, Buffalo Single
Tax Association
|
Workman,
Fred W. |
California
(Pacific Grove) |
- 1917 - Acting Secretary, State Wide Single
Tax League of San Francisco
- 1945 - Article, "How to Keep Germany
Away From Fascism," Henry George News, September
- 1952 - Attended International Union
conference, Odense, Denmark
- 1956 - Article, "America! Take Stock!"
Henry George News, May
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA
- 1958 - Serving on board, Henry George
Foundation
- 1963 - Article, "California Land
Frauds," Monterey Peninsula Herald, 28 January
- 1967 - interviewed by Henry George News,
July (then in his 80s)
- 1969 - Died
|
WORKMAN,
THE
|
New
York
(Yonkers) |
- 1930 - Article, "Single Tax Theory of
Henry George"
- 1930 - Published a number of lectures by
James R. Brown
|
Worley,
Charles |
Ohio
(Brookville) |
- 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
|
Worrell,
Dorothy |
... |
- 1952 - Article, "Mansions in the Sky --
No Tax Yet," Henry George News, March
|
Worsley,
A.A. |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
- 1929 - Elected President, Chicago Law
Institute
- 1930 - Died (age 63)
|
Worth,
Arnold M. |
New
York
(Bellrose) |
- 1941 - Letter, suggesting improvement to
The Freeman, February
|
Worthington,
Meg |
New
Jersey
(Trenton) |
- 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
New York, NY
|
Wortman,
Richard |
New
York
(New York)
|
- 1954 - Letter, Henry George News,
November; regarding reading of Progress & Poverty
|
Wright,
Alton |
Missouri
(Kansas City) |
- 1940 - Organized Henry George class "in
the negro mission which he and Mrs. Wright conduct."
|
Wright,
Bruce Robert |
Pennsylvania
(East Falls) |
Profession:
attorney
- 1921 - Born, 21 August (Ohio)
- 193- - Graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania; then Harvard Law School
- 1991 - Died, 17 April
- 1992 - In his name, Mrs. Walsh donated $100
to the Henry George School, Philadelphia, to improve the
school's garden
|
Wright,
Duncan |
Pennsylvania
(Scranton) |
- 1890 - Serving as President, Henry George
Single Tax Club
|
Wright,
Frank Lloyd |
... |
- 1941 - Speaker, Henry George Congress,
Chicago (reported on in Land and Freedom) 1959 - Died,
April 9
|
Wright,
Orville |
Ohio
(Dayton) |
- 1930s - Introduced to Henry George's ideas
by John Z. White
|
Wright,
Vorley |
...
|
- 19xx - Authored
poem
on the land question
|
Wright,
Wiley Mills |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 1928 - Active in Chicago Single Tax Club
|
Wright,
William G. |
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia) |
Profession:
lawyer
- 19xx - Long-time Single Tax supporter and
member of the Single Tax Party
- 1929 - Died
|
Wright,
William S. |
Missouri
(Kansas City) |
- 1929 - Article, "How to Relieve the
Farmers," New Republic, 7 August
|
Wueretz,
Wayne |
Arizona
(Casa Grande) |
- 1995 - Member, Arizonans for Economic
Justice
|
Wynn,
A.R. |
Ohio
Toledo |
- 1890 - Active in single tax movement
|
Wynn,
Robert W. |
Delaware
(Wilmington) |
- 1965 - Paper, "The Full Rental Value: A
Study of the Tax Rate in Arden Using Single Tax Theory,"
June. This thesis was submitted for an M.B.A. degree, University
of Delaware
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