John Hargrave | |
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 Hargrave in Kibbo Kift attire, c.1927 | |
| Born | John Gordon Hargrave 6 June 1894 Midhurst, Sussex, England, UK |
| Died | 21 November 1982 (aged 88) |
| Pen name | White Fox |
| Occupation | Author, cartoonist, inventor, lexicographer, artist and psychic healer |
| Notable works | Harbottle: a Modern Pilgrim's Progress from This world to That Which is to Come |
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| Children | 1 |
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John Gordon Hargrave (6 June 1894 – 21 November 1982), (woodcraft name 'White Fox'), was a prominent youth leader in Britain during the 1920s and 1930s, Head Man of the Kibbo Kift, described in his obituary as an 'author, cartoonist, inventor, lexicographer, artist and psychic healer'.[1] He was a Utopian thinker, a believer in both science and magic,[2] and a figure-head for the Social Credit movement in British politics.
- ^ The Times, 25 November 1982: see similar lists in Hargrave's obituaries in the Guardian, 26 November 1982 and the Daily Telegraph, 1 December 1982.
- ^ Cathy Ross, and Oliver Bennet (2015). Designing Utopia: John Hargrave and the Kibbo Kift. London: Philip Wilson Publishers. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-78130-040-4.