| George Whale | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 25 November 1849 |
| Died | 4 May 1925 (1925-05-05) (aged 75) |
| Occupation(s) | Solicitor, freethinker |
George Whale (25 November 1849 – 4 May 1925) was an English solicitor, local politician and freethinker.
Biography
Whale worked as a solicitor in Huntingdon and Woolwich. He was the Mayor of Woolwich (1908–1909) and was a Liberal parliamentary candidate for Marylebone. He was a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and member of the Folklore Society, Johnson Club, Omar Khayyam Club, National Liberal Club and Samuel Pepys Club. He lived at York Terrace and had a library of 60,000 books.
Whale was Chairman of the Rationalist Press Association, 1922–1925.
Whale was a friend of H. G. Wells. He was married to author Winifred Stephens.
Whale collapsed and died after giving a speech at the Annual Dinner of the Rationalist Press Association in 1925.
Publications
- A Fragment on Political Education (1882)
- Greater London and Its Government: A Manual and Yearbook (1888)
- Johnson Club Papers by Various Hands (1899)
References
- ^ Gissing, George; Mattheisen, Paul F; Young, Arthur C. (1995). The Collected Letters of George Gissing: 1897–1899. Ohio University Press. p. 230
- ^ Waller, Philip. (2006). Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870–1918. Oxford University Press. p. 509. ISBN 0-19-820677-1
- Whyte, Adam Gowans. (1949). The Story of the R.P.A. 1899–1949. London: Watts & Co. p. 93
- Gould, Frederick James. (1929). The Pioneers of Johnson's Court. London: Watts & Co. p. 122
- Cooke, Bill. (2003). The Gathering of Infidels: A Hundred Years of the Rationalist Press Association. Prometheus Books. p. 85. ISBN 978-1591021964
Further reading
- Edward Clodd, Clement Shorter and Winifred Stephens Whale. (1926). George Whale 1849–1925. London: Jonathan Cape.
- 1849 births
- 1925 deaths
- 19th-century English male writers
- 19th-century English non-fiction writers
- 20th-century English male writers
- 20th-century English non-fiction writers
- English bibliophiles
- English male non-fiction writers
- English sceptics
- English solicitors
- Freethought writers
- Mayors of places in Greater London
- Members of Woolwich Metropolitan Borough Council
- Rationalists