Thomas Edmund Harvey
(1875-1955)
Quaker, politician, social reformer, curator, historian, Warden of Toynbee Hall, and Member of Parliament (1910-1918)
Died aged 80
Wikidata WikipediaThomas Edmund Harvey (4 January 1875 – 3 May 1955), generally known as 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.
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Thomas Edmund Harvey, 1875-1955, Leeds born and bred and a profoundly committed Quaker, he was a politician, social reformer, British Museum curator, Warden of Toynbee Hall and a Quaker historian. When Liberal MP for Leeds West (1910-18) he successfully campaigned for the rights of conscientious objectors during the First World War. Lived here 1923-1955
Rydal House, 5 Grosvenor Terrace, Headingley, Leeds, United Kingdom where they lived (1923-1955)