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Personal life. Birthplace in Philadelphia. George was born in Philadelphia to a lower-middle-class family, the second of ten children of Richard S. H. George and Catharine Pratt George (née Vallance). His father was a publisher of religious texts and a devout Episcopalian, and he sent George to the Episcopal Academy in Philadelphia.
In spite of initial poverty, they had a happy married life. Among their four children, Henry George Jr., who grew up to be a renowned politician, was the eldest. Their second child, Richard F. George, would become a sculptor. Thereafter, they had two daughters, Jennie George and Anna Angela George.
Henry George was born on September 2, 1839, in Philadelphia. His father, who came from a Yorkshire family, was a publisher of Protestant Episcopal church and Sunday-school books. His mother was of Scottish and English descent and the daughter of a distinguished engraver.
Henry George heiratete 1861 die aus Sydney stammende Waise Annie Corsina Fox George und hatte mit ihr vier Kinder: Henry George Jr., Jennie Teresa George, Richard Fox George und Anna Angela George De Mille. In San Francisco begann er eine Karriere als Journalist.
Henry George, U.S. land reformer and economist who in Progress and Poverty (1879) proposed the single tax: that the state tax away all economic rent—the income from the use of bare land but not from improvements—and abolish all other taxes. Learn about this and his run for mayor of New York City.
During his early years George experienced personal poverty and later the hardships involved in earning enough to support a wife and children. During his colourful life he worked as a typesetter, sailor, printer, gold digger, journalist, editor, and politician.
Henry George, (born Sept. 2, 1839, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.—died Oct. 29, 1897, New York, N.Y.), U.S. land reformer and economist. He left school before age 14 to work as a clerk and then at sea.
