Background
Wentworth, Franklin Harcourt was born on March 27, 1866 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Roberts Powers and Marilla (Brunton) Wentworth.
Wentworth, Franklin Harcourt was born on March 27, 1866 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Roberts Powers and Marilla (Brunton) Wentworth.
Public schools and Oakland High School, Chicago.
In service of I.C. R.R., Chicago, 1882-1893. Traveled and studied social and political economy, 1894. Assistant secretary and correspondent Underwriters’ laboratories, Chicago, 1895-1900.
Educated public The Socialist Spirit, 1900-1903. Studied social conditions in Italy, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, England, 1903. Washington correspondent for Socialist press, 1904-1905.
Secretary-treasurer and editor National Fire Protection Association, 1909-1939. President Chicago Single-tax Club, 1897-1898.
Member Salem (Massachusetts) City Council, 1910. Member Housing Advisory Council, Federal Housing Administration, 1934-1935. Honorary; member Institut Francais de Prevention du Feu, Dominion Fire Prevention Association, Fire Waste Council Chamber of Commerce United States of America, National Fire Protection Association, International Association of Fire Chiefs, Dominion Association of Fire Chiefs, Pacific Coast Association of Fire Chiefs.
Fire Chiefs’; Member Poetry Society American.
Married Marion Jean Craig, March 31, 1900. Married second, Alice Chapman, November 6, 1912.