Edward George Honey
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Edward George Honey (18 September 1885 – 25 August 1922) was an Australian journalist who suggested the idea of five minutes of silence in a letter to a London newspaper in May 1919, about 6 months before the first observance of the Two-minute silence in London.
Edward George Honey | |
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Born | (1885-09-18)18 September 1885 |
Died | 25 August 1922(1922-08-25) (aged 36) Northwood, London, England |
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | Journalist |
Spouse |
Amelia Josephine Honey, née Toomey
(m. 1915) |
The Australian government officially credits him with being the originator of this tradition, observed on Armistice Day (now known as Remembrance Day), but no original sources from that time have been found to confirm this, and most non-Australian sources attribute its origin to Sir Percy FitzPatrick. It is not known whether Honey was aware of the practice started in Cape Town on 14 May 1918, nearly a year earlier.