John Hargrave

John Hargrave
Hargrave in Kibbo Kift attire, c.1927
Hargrave in Kibbo Kift attire, c.1927
BornJohn Gordon Hargrave
(1894-06-06)6 June 1894
Midhurst, Sussex, England, UK
Died21 November 1982(1982-11-21) (aged 88)
Pen nameWhite Fox
OccupationAuthor, cartoonist, inventor, lexicographer, artist and psychic healer
Notable worksHarbottle: a Modern Pilgrim's Progress from This world to That Which is to Come
Spouses
(m. 1919; div. 1952)
Diana, Gwendolyn Gray
(m. 1968)
Children1
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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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.