The Life of Arnold Freeman: Philosopher, Teacher and Social Reformer. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.The Life of Arnold Freeman: Philosopher, Teacher and Social Reformer

Arnold James Freeman (1886-1972) was a British writer, philosopher, anthroposophist, adult educator, actor, director, Fabian Socialist, Labour Party candidate, and co-founder of the anthroposophic periodical, The Golden Blade. He established and became first Warden of the Sheffield Educational Settlement. In 1922 he was an organizer with Prof. Millicent Mackenzie of the large public conference, "Spiritual Values in Education and in Social Life," which took place predominantly at Manchester College, where Rudolf Steiner was able to present his ideas to a group of British educators at a conference that marked the beginning of Steiner-Waldorf education in the UK.

Freeman was a unique individual who, in his adopted home town of Sheffield, became a folk legend because of his infectious enthusiasm in promoting the arts, literature, culture and many other activities in the Sheffield Educational Settlement in the first half of the twentieth century.

This biography offers a rich and detailed account of the life of this extraordinary individual, who deserves to be more widely known for his contribution to the history of Sheffield and his work in widening the spiritual and cultural horizons of numerous individuals, as well as his contributions to Anthroposophy and its initiatives.

Kenneth Gibson is a lecturer at the University of Derby, UK, and specializes in adult education and seventeenth-century ecclesiastical history.

Aonghus Gordon was born in 1955 and spent his formative years in Venice. He attended Waldorf schools before receiving his BA in Ceramics and Art History, followed by teacher training. He traveled extensively before renovating Ruskin Mill in 1982 and developing Ruskin Mill Arts and Crafts Centre. He founded the Living Earth Training Course in 1984, which developed into Ruskin Mill Educational Trust in 1996. Aonghus helped to establish Hiram Trust in 1994, Waldorf College in 1999, and Makhad Trust for endangered nomadic tribes in Sinai and Tibet in 2003. He established the Glasshouse College, Stourbridge, in 2000 and the Freeman College, Sheffield, in 2005. He received the Social Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2005. Aonghus is also in the process of establishing Clervaux Trust in Darlington for excluded children.