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Garry Davis | |
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Born | Sol Gareth Davis 27 July 1921 Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S. |
Died | 24 July 2013 | (aged 91)
Citizenship | United States (1921–1948) Stateless (1948–2013) |
Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University East West University |
Occupation(s) | Peace and world citizenship activist |
Organizations | International Registry of World Citizens World Service Authority |
Known for | Popularizing world citizenship World Passport |
Children | Kristina Starr Davis Troy Davis Athena Davis Kim Davis |
Sol Gareth "Garry" Davis (27 July 1921 – 24 July 2013) was an international peace activist best known for renouncing his American citizenship and interrupting the United Nations in 1948 to advocate for world government as a way to end nationalistic wars.[1] His actions gained international attention, including support from intellectuals such as Albert Camus and Albert Einstein, but ridicule from Eleanor Roosevelt.
Davis, a World Federalist, founded the non-profit World Service Authority in 1953 to educate and promote World government. The World Service Authority issues "world government documents", such as the World Passport, a fantasy travel document based on his interpretation of Article 13(2), Universal Declaration of Human Rights and on the concept of world citizenship. Previously, Davis had worked as a Broadway stage actor and understudy for Danny Kaye. He served as an American bomber pilot in World War II.[2]
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