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Keir Hardie

1856 - 1915

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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 Newhouse, Lanarkshire. He started working at the age of seven, and from the age of 10 worked in the Lanarkshire coal mines. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Keir Hardie is the 14,231st most popular politician (up from 15,872nd in 2019), the 3,544th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,431st in 2019) and the 489th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Keir Hardie ranks 14,231 out of 19,576. Before him are Anatoli Firsov, Sebastiano Mocenigo, Ceolwulf of Wessex, Theodbert of Bavaria, Juan Bautista Pérez, and Tithraustes. After him are Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, Arcesilaus IV of Cyrene, Ruy Barbosa, James G. Blaine, Ture Nerman, and Andrés Quintana Roo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Keir Hardie ranks 102. Before him are Ernesto Schiaparelli, Helene von Druskowitz, Louis Brandeis, Alberto Palacio, Paul von Jankó, and Andrew Watson. After him are Gabrielle Réjane, Elbert Hubbard, Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar, Jens Christian Christensen, Friedrich Kluge, and James Buchanan Duke. Among people deceased in 1915, Keir Hardie ranks 96. Before him are Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Friedrich Hasenöhrl, Wyndham Halswelle, Stanisław Witkiewicz, Daniel Varoujan, and Tevfik Fikret. After him are Paul Eyschen, Karol Olszewski, Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero, Elbert Hubbard, Christian Wilhelm Allers, and Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Keir Hardie ranks 3,545 out of 8,785. Before him are Andrew Johnson (1981), Frank Hadow (1855), Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788), Joe Fagan (1921), Ceolwulf of Wessex (600), and Alexander Burnes (1805). After him are John Cairncross (1913), Jimmy Murray (1933), Danny Rose (1990), Peter Phillips (1977), Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905), and Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (1868).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Keir Hardie ranks 489. Before him are Pybba of Mercia (570), John Taylor (1808), Suella Braverman (1980), Jane Marcet (1769), Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1405), and Ceolwulf of Wessex (600). After him are Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905), Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (1868), Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1402), Stafford Cripps (1889), Ceol of Wessex (600), and Ruth Williams Khama (1923).

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