Tawney was born in Norfolk, England on August 7, 1877. He emigrated to Canada in 1900 and became a leading Canadian historian and socialist. His work includes The Acquisitive Society (1909), Equality: A Fair Wage for Work of Equal Value (1910), and Religion and the Rise of Capitalism (1917). He served as president of the Social Democratic Party of Canada from 1904 to 1916 and was the author of numerous essays and books
He died on April 27, 1962.
Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them.R. H. Tawney
If a man has important work and enough leisure and income to enable him to do it properly he is in possession of as much happiness as is good for any of the children of Adam.R. H. Tawney
