Maurice Reckitt
| Maurice Reckitt | |
|---|---|
| Born |
19 May 1888 Beverley, Yorkshire |
| Died | 1 January 1980 (aged 91) Roehampton, London |
Maurice Benington Reckitt (May 19, 1888 – January 11, 1980) was a leading British Anglo-Catholic and Christian socialist writer. He edited Christendom, A Journal of Christian Sociology from 1931 to 1950.
Earlier he was a supporter of guild socialism and a founder of the National Guilds League. He presented the Scott Holland Memorial Lectures in 1946.
An heir to the Reckitt family fortune, his sister was Eva Collett Reckitt, founder of the left-wing London bookshop Collett's.
Reckitt was a leading player and croquet administrator winning the Men's Championship twice (1935 and 1946). Reckitt was on the Council of the Croquet Association between 1929 and 1975, serving as Chairman (1937 to 1939), Vice President (1962 to 1967) and President (1967 to 1975).
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