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Albert Meltzer
Albert Isidore Meltzer (7 January 1920 – 7 May 1996) was an English anarcho-communist activist and writer.
Early life.
Meltzer was born in Hackney, London, of Jewish ancestry, and educated at The Latymer School, Edmonton. He was attracted to anarchism at the age of fifteen as a direct result of taking boxing lessons where he met Billy Campbell, seaman, boxer and anarchist. At his first anarchist meeting, in 1935, he contradicted Emma Goldman's comments on boxing, considering
in City Limits described Meltzer as a 'gentle and generous soul who is one of the leading figures in British anarchism'. Police examination of seized diaries and address books led them to interview a doctor specialising in diseases of the gums, something Meltzer himself attributed to his poor handwriting and the similarity of the words gun and gum.
External links.
- Anarchist Archives entry on Meltzer link checked 16 June 2009
- Articles by or about Meltzer collected on libcom.org link checked 16 June 2009
- Albert Meltzer page at