Joseph Hyder Explained

Joseph Silver Hyder (died 1932) was secretary to the Land Nationalisation Society in Britain.

Alfred Russel Wallace wrote an introduction to Hyder's work The Case for Land Nationalisation (1914, London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and co.),^[1] and Hyder was one of the small gathering who attended Wallace's funeral in 1913.^[2]

Hyder stood as a Progressive Party candidate at Strand in the 1904 London County Council election.^[3]

Publications

• Land Problems
• Public Property in Land
• State Land Purchase without Loan or Tax
• The Curse of Landlordism
• The Case for Land Nationalisation

Notes and References

1. Book: Hyder. Joseph. The Case for Land Nationalisation. 1914. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & co.. London. 22 June 2016.
2. Book: Slotten. Ross A.. The Heretic in Darwin's Court: The Life of Alfred Russel Wallace. 2012. 9780231503563. 490. https://books.google.com/books?id=zeNOFryZZ5cC&q=%22joseph+hyder%22&pg=PA490. 22 June 2016. A national treasure celebrated.
3. The Times, 8 March 1904