Leech, Frank (1900-1953)
Submitted by Battlescarred on May 17 2012 16:21
A short biography of Frank Leech, anarchist active in Glasgow for more than 30 years
“We who knew him personally realised that his breezy manner and sunny smile came from his generous heart, and were not assumed to cover any distasteful thoughts or actions” Fred Ogden, Stockport anarchist
Windhoff, Carl (1872-1941)
Submitted by Battlescarred on May 14 2012 20:47
A short biography of Carl Windhoff, German anarchist, FAUD organiser and tiler
Carl Windhoff was born on 9th November 1872 in Düsseldorf. He became interests in radical ideas at the age of fourteen and gravitated towards the workers’ movement controlled by the Social Democrats. He joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in 1890.
Karl Börder (c. 1868-1949)
Submitted by Battlescarred on May 11 2012 21:34
A short biography of German anarchist Karl Börder who refused to give up
Karl Börder as a young man worked in the revolutionary movement as a delegate of the metal workers’ union in Hamborn. He became an anarchist in 1908 and started writing for the anarchist paper Freie Arbeiter (Free Worker) and was involved in the Anarchist Foederation setting up a group in Hamborn involving a number of miners.
Some little-known anarchists Part 2.
Submitted by Battlescarred on May 11 2012 18:13
Short biographies of lesser known English and Scottish anarchists
Harry Jones (c.1916-1949)
From a very early age Harry Jones was involved in distribution of anarchist propaganda. He had accumulated a very comprehensive library of anarchist books and pamphlets and in 1942 he put these at the disposal of the London movement through the library of Freedom Press.
Albert Grace c.1912- 1968
Submitted by Battlescarred on Apr 26 2012 22:22
A short biography of anarchist docker and electrician Albert Grace
Albert Grace was born on the south side of the Thames in London and at an early age became a docker, working mainly in and around the cold stores. He entered the anarchist movement in the late 1920s working with Mat Kavanagh and with Wilf McCartney in the unemployed movement. Later on he worked with the young Albert Meltzer in support of the Spanish anarchist movement from 1936.
Some little-known anarchists
Submitted by Battlescarred on Apr 26 2012 15:46
Some short biographies of lesser known anarchists active in Britain and elsewhere
David Baxter
Parris, Touzeau, 1839-1907
Submitted by Battlescarred on Mar 7 2012 17:28
A short biography of Touzeau Parris, secularist and anarchist, active in the Socialist league
Thomas Collins Touzeau Parris, usually known throughout his life as Touzeau Parris, was born in Honiton, Devon. He attended Bristol Grammar School and Bristol Baptist College. He became a Unitarian minister and chaplain for Samuel Courtauld, the mill owner. He helped his father sell books in Bristol.
Lahr, Johanna, 1867-1904
Submitted by Battlescarred on Mar 5 2012 09:47
A short biography of Johanna Lahr, anarchist active in the Socialist League
"The journeymen bakers of London are at last making themselves heard, being urged on by the lessons taught by the skilled and unskilled Labour Strike of the dockers, and the sweated tailors in the East End, which showed what can be done if workers are united and organised...do you toil and suffer such lives under these wretched conditions for yourselves and your families, or your masters?
Cole, Clara Gilbert (1868-1956)
Submitted by Battlescarred on Feb 16 2012 14:20
A short biography of Clara Gilbert Cole,anti-militarist and anarchist
"Clara Gilbert, with her unusual slender loveliness, her deft fingers and vivid imagination, was like a caged bird in the post office.” The Home Front, Sylvia Pankhurst
" A remarkable, sincere and much loved woman". John Hewetson
McAra, John, c.1870-1915
Submitted by Battlescarred on Feb 1 2012 10:26
A short biography of John McAra, Scottish anarchist orator.
“John McAra was the most persistent outdoor speaker in the Anarchist movement in Scotland, and as a literature seller had no equal.” Obituary in Freedom, 1915.
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