George Douglas Howard Cole
(1889-1959), University teacher, writer and socialistSitter in 12 portraits
Contributor to the New Statesman between the Wars, and regarded as the most influential socialist thinker of the period; elected Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at Oxford in 1944; Chairman, and later President of the Fabian Society, founder of the New Fabian Research Bureau in 1931. Became Chairman of the Nuffield College Reconstruction Survey (February 1941), which looked at planning for post-war Britain and Vice-President of the Workers' Education Association (1927-37). Written works include The World of Labour (1913), The Intelligent Man's Guide Through World Chaos (1932) and Chartists Portraits (1941).
by Stella Bowen
oil on board, 1944-1945
NPG 5935
by Tayler Bros
bromide postcard print, 1920s
NPG x196001
by Walter Benington, for Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1942 (published 1927)
NPG x86782
by Lafayette
half-plate film negative, 6 October 1928
NPG x42851
George Douglas Howard Cole; Dame Margaret Isabel Cole
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1938
NPG x10859
George Douglas Howard Cole; Dame Margaret Isabel Cole
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1938
NPG x10860
George Douglas Howard Cole; Dame Margaret Isabel Cole
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1938
NPG x10861
George Douglas Howard Cole; Dame Margaret Isabel Cole
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1938
NPG x10862
George Douglas Howard Cole; Dame Margaret Isabel Cole
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1938
NPG x10863
George Douglas Howard Cole; Dame Margaret Isabel Cole
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1938
NPG x10864
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1947
NPG x86783
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