Socialist League
Mowbray, Charles Wilfred, 185?-1910
A short biography of tailor Charles Mowbray, who was possibly the first anarchist-communist in Britain. He was active in London, Norwich and the US.
Charles Wilfred Mowbray
Born 1850s – Durham, UK, died December 1910 – Bridlington, UK
Charles, Fred, c1860-c1930
A biography of early British anarchist Fred Charles who was accused in the Walsall Anarchist frame-up.
Born Frederick Charles Slaughter, Fred Charles was a leading light within the very active Norwich branch of the Socialist League in the 1880s. The Socialist League was a revolutionary socialist organisation that had broken with Hyndman’s Social Democratic Federation, some because of their dislike of the autocratic Hyndman, some because of their dislike of Hyndman and his politics.
Kitz, Frank, 1849-1923
A short biography of British anarchist and dyer Frank Kitz who was active in London in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Frank Kitz
Born Francis Platt, 1849 – London, UK, died 1923 - London, UK
"One of the wittiest public speakers I have ever known."
- George Cores, Personal Recollections of the Anarchist Past
[i]"A bluff, breezy chap, fond of his beer and jolly company"
John Bruce Glasier, William Morris and the Early Days of the Socialist Movement
