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Keir Hardie
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Scottish socialist and labour leader (1856–1915)
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James Keir Hardie was a British politician, journalist, and trade unionist born in Newhouse in 1856. He served as the leader of the Labour Party and was a member of the Labour Party, the Liberal Party, and the Independent Labour Party. His professional activities included work in London, Glasgow, Quarter, and Cumnock. He wrote in English and was described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
Hardie authored works such as *The Citizenship of Women*, *Young men in a hurry*, *Can a man be a Christian on a pound a week?*, *The unemployed problem*, and *India*. He stood as a candidate in the 1892, 1900, January 1910, and December 1910 United Kingdom general elections. He died of a stroke in Glasgow on September 26, 1915, under natural causes.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1856
- Died
- 1915
- Works
- 29
Top works
- THE CITIZENSHIP OF WOMEN
- Young men in a hurry
- Can a man be a Christian on a pound a week?
- The unemployed problem
- India
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Key facts
- Chief whip
- David Shackleton , Arthur Henderson , George Henry Roberts
- Preceded by
- Office established
- Succeeded by
- Arthur Henderson
- Born
- James Keir Hardie , 15 August 1856, Newhouse , Lanarkshire , Scotland
- Died
- 26 September 1915 (1915-09-26) (aged 59), Glasgow , Lanarkshire , Scotland
- Party
- Labour
- Other political affiliations
- Scottish Labour , Independent Labour
- Spouse
- Lillias Balfour Wilson ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 3 August 1880</span>"}]]}'>1880 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Newhouse
- Place of death
- Glasgow
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Keir Hardie by George Grantham Bain.jpg
- Work location
- Glasgow
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- Commons category
- Keir Hardie
- date of death
- 1915-09-26
- date of birth
- 1856-08-15
- cause of death
- stroke
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Keir Hardie
- writing language
- English language
- candidacy in election
- 1906 United Kingdom general election
- P12749
- Sawney Bean
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Encyclopedic overview
James Keir Hardie (15 August 1856 – 26 September 1915) was a Scottish trade unionist and politician. He was a founder of the Labour Party, and was its first parliamentary leader from 1906 to 1908.
Hardie was born in Legbrannock, Newhouse, Lanarkshire. He started working at the age of seven, and from the age of ten worked in the Lanarkshire coal mines. With a background in preaching, he became known as a talented public speaker and was chosen as a spokesman for his fellow miners. In 1879, Hardie was elected leader of a miners' union in Hamilton and organised a National Conference of Miners in Dunfermline. He subsequently led miners' strikes in Lanarkshire (1880) and Ayrshire (1881). He turned to journalism to make ends meet, and from 1886; was a full-time union organiser as secretary of the Ayrshire Miners' Union.
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