Thomas Fraser
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1911-02-18
- Died
- 1988-11-21
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Fishermen of South Thailand-the Malay Villagers
- Sermons
- The Galloway herds
- Attack of Fortresses in the Future
- Defence of a Position Selected As a Field of Battle
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- Listeners
- 383
- Total plays
- 9,846
Thomas Fraser lived on Burra Isle, in the Shetland Islands, the northern most set of islands in the United Kingdom. He died in 1978 aged 50. He'd been a fisherman and crofter on one of the remotest, windiest, most desert-like regions in the world. Perhaps just an average man by day at his work, at night, when the Shetland sky darkened by early afternoon, he played some heartfelt, picked-perfect country and blues laments with plenty of added yodels. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Thomas+Fr
Key dates
- Born
- 18 February 1911
- Died
- 21 November 1988
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Family name
- Fraser
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- trade unionist
- Position held
- Secretary of State for Transport
- Political party
- Labour Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
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1911 births1988 deathsMembers of the Privy Council of the United KingdomMiners' Federation of Great Britain-sponsored MPsMinisters in the Attlee governments, 1945–1951Ministers in the Wilson governments, 1964–1970National Union of Mineworkers-sponsored MPsScottish Labour MPsSecretaries of state for transport (UK)UK MPs 1935–1945UK MPs 1945–1950