# Hugh Latimer — Progress and Poverty character guide

> Hugh Latimer in Progress and Poverty by Henry George.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0054-ii-the-enslavement-of-laborers-the-ultimate-result-of-private-property-in-land

## Who they are

16th-century bishop and reformer, cited in historical examples of social conditions.

## In the story

### [II: The Persistence of Poverty Amid Advancing Wealth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/progress_and_poverty_se/chapters/ii-the-persistence-of-poverty-amid-advancing-wealth)

Latimer is quoted describing the rise in land rents and the decline of yeoman farmers during the enclosure movement.

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