Maurice Alfred Gerothwohl

Prof. Maurice Alfred Gerothwol (1877-11 November 1941), was a British publicist who wrote on international affairs and Liberal Party politician.

Background

He was the son of B. S. Gerothwohl, city merchant and Stéphanie Vuillien. He was educated in Paris, Brussels and Heidelberg.[1]

Professional career

He wrote numerous articles on foreign politics in the daily, weekly, and monthly press, on Education and French literature. He wrote numerous school and University French texts. He was Co-Editor of Lord D’Abernon’s Diary. He was London Diplomatic Correspondent to the Star and to Universal Service, USA.[2]

Political career

He was Liberal candidate for the Leicester West division at the 1924 General Election. During the campaign he had success questioning the Labour candidate on their policy of a capital levy. This endeared him to Unionists and one local ward association actually urged their supporters to vote for him.[3] However, the Labour candidate held on by just 737 votes. He was then Liberal candidate for the Faversham division of Kent at the 1929 General Election.

General Election, 30 May 1929

Electorate: 52,047

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam Maitland 16,219 41.3 -0.4
Labour Dudley Leigh Aman 15,275 38.9 +2.7
Liberal Prof. Maurice Alfred Gerothwohl 7,782 19.8 +1.2
Majority 944 2.4
Turnout 75.5
Conservative hold Swing

He did not stand for parliament again.[4]

Publications

Honours and awards

References

  1. ‘GEROTHWOHL, Prof. Maurice Alfred’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 2 Sept 2014
  2. ‘GEROTHWOHL, Prof. Maurice Alfred’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 2 Sept 2014
  3. "Leicester County And Borough." Times [London, England] 23 Oct. 1924: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 2 Sept. 2014.
  4. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.