Edward Carpenter

Edward Carpenter (1844 -1929) along with Charles Edward Gordon Crawford is considered the founder of the first naturist club or commune.  ¹ What was the earliest recorded example of a nudist colony? Correspondence between the two men show the club was called the Fellowship of the Naked Trust. ²  Socialism and the first nudist colony – the queer tale of naturism, a Fabian fairy and a kinky judge

Carpenter was a British civil servant in India. He was a socialist and Victorian era gay activist who organized socialist organizations. Carpenter believed a person should be able to love the people they want. ³ Who Was Edward Carpenter? He was also an author best known for the book “Civilisation, Its Cause and Cure”  and “The Intermediate Sex: A Study of Some Transitional Types of Men and Women 1908.”  ⁴ What was the earliest recorded example of a nudist colony?

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  What was the earliest recorded example of a nudist colony?
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   Socialism and the first nudist colony – the queer tale of naturism, a Fabian fairy and a kinky judge
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  Who Was Edward Carpenter?
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  What was the earliest recorded example of a nudist colony?