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Arthur Scargill

1938 - Today

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Arthur Scargill (born 11 January 1938) is a British trade unionist who was President of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) from 1982 to 2002. He is best known for leading the 1984–1985 UK miners' strike, a major event in the history of the British labour movement. Joining the NUM at the age of 19 in 1957, Scargill was one of its leading activists by the late 1960s. He led an unofficial strike in 1969, and played a key organising role during the strikes of 1972 and 1974, the latter of which played a part in the downfall of Edward Heath's Conservative government. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Scargill is the 678th most popular social activist (down from 607th in 2019), the 6,018th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,031st in 2019) and the 46th most popular British Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Arthur Scargill ranks 678 out of 840. Before him are Lydia Cacho, Jamnalal Bajaj, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Juliette Gordon Low, Luis Taruc, and Emily Murphy. After him are Maryam Namazie, Rachel Corrie, Amelia Boynton Robinson, Henrietta Edwards, Guo Jianmei, and Bobby Henderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Arthur Scargill ranks 588. Before him are Richard Lerner, Bobby Charles, Caryl Churchill, David Singmaster, Sultan Rahi, and Darrall Imhoff. After him are Jonathan Riley-Smith, B. Saroja Devi, Ernie Pieterse, Satch Sanders, Richard Goldstone, and Bernard Malivoire.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Scargill ranks 6,020 out of 8,785. Before him are Kemi Badenoch (1980), Ted Ditchburn (1921), Shaun Evans (1980), Chris Coleman (1970), Will Kemp (1977), and William Wycherley (1640). After him are Henry Cockburn (1921), Jonny Williams (1993), Michael Johnson (1988), Rupert Sanders (1971), Sandrine Holt (1972), and Rosemary Leach (1935).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Arthur Scargill ranks 46. Before him are James Larkin (1876), Ingrid Newkirk (1949), Charlotte Despard (1844), Harry Hay (1912), Samuel Gompers (1850), and Flora Drummond (1878). After him are Anna Howard Shaw (1847), Anthony Dod Mantle (1955), Polly Higgins (1968), Anjem Choudary (1967), Lilly Platt (2008), and Abby Gustaitis (1991).

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