Hippolyte Havel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hippolyte Havel

Czech anarchist

Date of Birth: 13-Aug-1871

Place of Birth: Tábor, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1950

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Hippolyte Havel (1871–1950) was a Czech-American anarchist who was known as an activist in the United States and part of the radical circle around Emma Goldman in the early 20th century.
He had been imprisoned as a young man in Austria-Hungary because of his political activities, but made his way to London.
There he met anarchist Emma Goldman on a lecture tour from the United States.
She befriended him and he immigrated to the US. He settled in Greenwich Village, New York, a center of radicals, artists and writers.
He declared the neighborhood to be "a spiritual zone of mind".
For a time he and his wife ran a restaurant in the village.
He also edited radical journals.
He was close friends with Emma Goldman, and also became friends with playwright Eugene O'Neill, and various others in the artistic circles.