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G. D. H. Cole

Born 25 September 1889(1889-09-25)
Cambridge, England[1]
Died 14 January 1959 (aged 69)
London, England
Occupation Historian, economist, writer

George Douglas Howard Cole (25 September 1889 – 14 January 1959) was an English political theorist, economist, writer and historian. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This is a list of political philosophers, including some who may be better known for their work in other areas of philosophy An economist is an expert in the Social science of Economics. A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it As a libertarian socialist he was a long-time member of the Fabian Society and an advocate for the cooperative movement. Libertarian socialism is a group of political philosophies that aim to create a society without political economic or social hierarchies – a society in which all violent The Fabian Society is a British Intellectual Socialist movement whose purpose is to advance the principles of Social democracy via Gradualist He and his wife Margaret Cole (1893-1980) together wrote many popular detective stories, featuring the investigators Superintendent Wilson, Everard Blatchington and Dr Tancred. Dame Margaret Isabel Cole, DBE ( 6 May 1893 - 7 May 1980) was an English socialist Politician.

Cole was educated at St Paul's School and Balliol College, Oxford. St Paul's School is the name of many schools with St Paul's School in London, (founded 1509 being the oldest Balliol College (ˈbeɪlɪəl founded in 1263 is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.

As a conscientious objector during World War One, Cole's involvement in the campaign against conscription introduced him to a co-worker, Margaret Postgate, whom he married in 1918. A conscientious objector (CO is an individual who on religious moral or ethical grounds refuses to participate as a combatant in war or in some cases to take any role that would support World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Conscription (also known as the draft, the call-up or national service) is a general term for involuntary labor demanded by some established authority Dame Margaret Isabel Cole, DBE ( 6 May 1893 - 7 May 1980) was an English socialist Politician. The couple both worked for the Fabian Society for the next six years before moving to Oxford, where Cole started writing for the Manchester Guardian. Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. During these years, he also authored several economic and historical works including biographies of William Cobbett and Robert Owen. William Cobbett ( 9 March 1763 &ndash 18 June 1835) was an English political pamphleter Farmer and prolific Robert Owen (14 May 1771 – 17 Nov 1858 born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales was a social reformer and one of the founders of Socialism In 1925, he became reader in economics at University College, Oxford. Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services. University College (in full the The Master and Fellows of the College of the Great Hall of the University of Oxford, colloquially referred to as Univ) is one of In 1944, Cole became the first Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at Oxford. The Chichele professorial chair in social and political theory is one of the statutory Chichele Professorships at All Souls College Oxford. He was succeeded in the chair by Isaiah Berlin in 1957. Sir Isaiah Berlin, OM (6 June 1909 &ndash 5 November 1997 was a philosopher and historian of ideas regarded as one of the leading liberal thinkers of the twentieth century

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Socialism

Cole became interested in Fabianism while studying at Balliol College, Oxford. Balliol College (ˈbeɪlɪəl founded in 1263 is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. He joined the Fabian Society's executive under the sponsorship of Sidney Webb. Sidney James Webb 1st Baron Passfield PC ( 13 July, 1859 &ndash 13 October, 1947) was a British socialist economist and reformer Cole became a principal proponent of Guild Socialist ideas, a libertarian socialist alternative to Marxist political economy. Guild socialism is a political movement advocating workers' control of industry through the medium of trade-related Guilds. Libertarian socialism is a group of political philosophies that aim to create a society without political economic or social hierarchies – a society in which all violent Marxism is the political philosophy and practice derived from the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Political economy originally was the term for studying production buying and selling and their relations with law custom and government These ideas he put forward in The New Age before and during the First World War, and also in the pages of The New Statesman, the weekly founded by the Webbs and George Bernard Shaw. The New Age was a British Literary magazine, noted for its wide influence under the editorship of A World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The New Statesman is a British Left-wing political Magazine published weekly in London. This article is about the socialist politician For the children's author see Beatrix Potter. George Bernard Shaw ( (26 July 1856 &ndash 2 November 1950 was an Irish Playwright.

Cole said his interest in socialism was kindled by his reading News from Nowhere, the utopian novel by William Morris. News from Nowhere (1890 is a classic work combining Utopian socialism and Soft science fiction written by the artist designer and socialist pioneer Utopia is a name for an ideal community taken from the title of a book written in 1516 by Sir Thomas More describing a fictional Island in the William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896 was an English Architect, Furniture and Textile designer artist writer and socialist associated He wrote,

I became a Socialist because, as soon as the case for a society of equals, set free from the twin evils of riches and poverty, mastership and subjection, was put to me, I knew that to be the only kind of society that could be consistent with human decency and fellowship and that in no other society could I have the right to be content. ”[2]

Neither a Marxist nor a Social Democrat, Cole envisioned a Socialism of decentralized association and active, participatory democracy, whose basic units would be sited at the workplace and in the community rather than in any central apparatus of the State. [3]

Cole was a powerful influence on the life of the young Harold Wilson, whom he taught, worked with and convinced to join the Labour Party. James Harold Wilson Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 &ndash 24 May 1995 was one of the most prominent British politicians The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Before him, Hugh Gaitskell was a student of G. Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell ( 9 April 1906 &ndash 18 January 1963) was a British politician leader of the Labour Party from 1955 D. H Cole.

Co-operative studies

Cole was also a theorist of the Co-operative movement, and has made a number of contributions to the fields of Co-operative studies, Co-operative economics and the study of Co-operative History. The purpose of Co-operative education and Co-operative studies according to the ICA's Statement on the Co-operative Identity, is that Co-operative Co-operative economics is a field of Economics, Socialist economics, Co-operative studies, and Political economy, which is concerned with The history of the cooperative movement concerns the origins and history of Cooperatives Although cooperative arrangements such as Mutual insurance, and principles In particular, his book "The British Co-operative Movement in a Socialist Society" examined the economic status of the English CWS (the predecessor of the modern Co-operative Group), evaluated its possibility of achieving a Co-operative Commonwealth without State assistance, and hypothesised what the role of the Co-operative movement may be in a Socialist State. Co-operative Group Limited, trading as The Co-operative Group, is a United Kingdom Consumers' co-operative, and one of the world's largest consumer-owned Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution [4]

A second book A Century of Co-operation, examined the history of the Co-operative movement, from the very first Co-operatives, to the contribution of the Chartists and Robert Owen, through to the Rochdale Pioneers, as well as the movement's development (in Great Britain) over the following Century. For chartism in financial markets see Technical analysis, and for the British socialist journal see Chartist (magazine Chartism was Robert Owen (14 May 1771 – 17 Nov 1858 born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales was a social reformer and one of the founders of Socialism The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, founded in 1844 was an early Consumer co-operative, and the first to pay a patronage Dividend, forming the basis for the [5]

Trivia

"after the interval, members of the club performed a scurrilous, libellous, treasonable and blasphemous operetta for which Mr GDH Cole was responsible. Oxford University Labour Club ( OULC) was founded in 1919 to provide a voice for Labour Party values and for Socialism at Oxford University, Michaelmas term is the first Academic term of the academic years of the following British and Irish Universities: University Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V The club entered into the spirit of the production and enjoyed itself very much".

Non-fiction works

Detective stories

References

  1. ^ "George Douglas Howard Cole Papers", p. 3. Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis, Amsterdam. On line.
  2. ^ G. D. H Cole, "World Socialism Restated," pamphlet (1956), quoted by Margaret Cole, The Life of G. D. H. Cole, Macmillan/St. Martin's (1971); cited, Harry Barnes, Three Score Years and Ten (July 24, 2006).
  3. ^ Peter Sedgwick, "A Return to First Things", Balliol College Annual Record 1980, pp.86-88 (review of A. W. Wright, G.D.H. Cole and Socialist Democracy). Marxists’ Internet Archive. On line.
  4. ^ Cole, G. D. H. , “The British Co-operative Movement in a Socialist Society: A Report for the Fabian Society”, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. , 1951.
  5. ^ Cole, G. D. H. , A Century of Co-operation, Oxford: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. , 1944.
  6. ^ Oliver Postgate, Seeing Things: An Autobiography, Sidgwick & Jackson (2000) ISBN 0283063637

Literature


Persondata
NAME Cole,George Douglas Howard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cole, G. D. H.
SHORT DESCRIPTION Historian, economist, writer
DATE OF BIRTH 25 September 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Cambridge, England
DATE OF DEATH 14 January 1959
PLACE OF DEATH London, England
Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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