Edmund Harvey | |
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Member of Parliament for Leeds West | |
In office 1910 – 25 November 1918 | |
Preceded by | Herbert Gladstone |
Succeeded by | John Murray |
Member of Parliament for Dewsbury | |
In office 6 December 1923 – 9 October 1924 | |
Preceded by | Ben Riley |
Succeeded by | Ben Riley |
Member of Parliament for Combined English Universities | |
In office 22 March 1937 – 15 June 1945 | |
Preceded by | Sir Reginald Henry Craddock, Eleanor Rathbone |
Succeeded by | Kenneth Martin Lindsay, Eleanor Rathbone |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Edmund Harvey 4 January 1875 Leeds, England |
Died | 3 May 1955 | (aged 80)
Political party | Liberal Independent Progressive |
Spouse |
Alice Irene Thompson
(after 1911) |
Relations | W. F. Harvey (brother) |
Education | University of Berlin Sorbonne |
Alma mater | Yorkshire College, Leeds Christ Church, Oxford |
Thomas Edmund Harvey (4 January 1875 – 3 May 1955), generally known as Ted or Edmund Harvey, was an English museum curator, social reformer and politician. He sat in Parliament, first as a Liberal and later as an Independent Progressive. He was also a prolific writer on Christianity and the role and history of the Society of Friends.