Edward Carpenter

Edward Carpenter
Lahir	Edward Carpenter (1844-08-29)29 Agustus 1844 Hove, Sussex, England
Meninggal	28 Juni 1929(1929-06-28) (umur 84) Guildford, Surrey, England
Pekerjaan	Penyair, antolog, aktivis gay awal dan filosof sosialis

Edward Carpenter (29 Agustus 1844 – 28 Juni 1929) adalah seorang penyair, filosof, antolog sosialis Inggris dan aktivis awal bagi hak untuk homoseksual.^[1]

Seorang penyair dan penulis, ia adalah teman dekat Rabindranath Tagore, dan teman Walt Whitman.^[2] Ia juga berkenalan dengan banyak tokoh seperti Annie Besant, Isadora Duncan, Havelock Ellis, Roger Fry, Mahatma Gandhi, Keir Hardie, J. K. Kinney, Jack London, George Merrill, E. D. Morel, William Morris, Edward R. Pease, John Ruskin, dan Olive Schreiner.^[3]

1. ^ Warren Allen Smith: Who's Who in Hell, A Handbook and International Directory for Humanists, Freethinkers, Naturalists, Rationalists, and Non-Theists, Barricade Books, New York, 2000, p. 186; ISBN 978-1-56980-158-1.
2. ^ Excerpt from Gay Roots Vol. 1: THE GAY SUCCESSION The following document first appeared in Gay Sunshine Journal 35 (1978) and was reprinted as an appendix to the Allen Ginsberg interview in the book Gay Sunshine Interviews, Volume 1, Gay Sunshine Press, 1978. retrieved September 16, 2014
3. ^ FABIAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL THOUGHT Series One: The Papers of Edward Carpenter, 1844-1929, from Sheffield Archives Part 1: Correspondence and Manuscripts Diarsipkan 6 October 2007 di Wayback Machine. at www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk