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Samuel Gompers

1850 - 1924

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Samuel Gompers (né Gumpertz; January 27, 1850 – December 11, 1924) was a British-born American cigar maker, labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and served as the organization's president from 1886 to 1894, and from 1895 until his death in 1924. He promoted harmony among the different craft unions that comprised the AFL, trying to minimize jurisdictional battles. He promoted thorough organization and collective bargaining in order to secure shorter hours and higher wages, which he considered the essential first steps to emancipating labor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Gompers is the 656th most popular social activist (up from 659th in 2019), the 5,800th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,806th in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Samuel Gompers ranks 656 out of 840. Before him are William Smith O'Brien, Jadav Payeng, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Medha Patkar, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Harry Hay. After him are Wang Dan, Nirmala Deshpande, Phoebe Hearst, Edvin Kanka Cudic, Aed Carabao, and Mosab Hassan Yousef.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Samuel Gompers ranks 119. Before him are Yelena Polenova, Sibylle Riqueti de Mirabeau, Hans von Pechmann, Georg Naue, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, and Henry Cabot Lodge. After him are Lawrence Hargrave, and Fanny Hesse. Among people deceased in 1924, Samuel Gompers ranks 131. Before him are Rafael López Gutiérrez, Maurice Prendergast, Sándor Bródy, Henry Cabot Lodge, Isabella Stewart Gardner, and Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin. After him are Sabine Baring-Gould, and Cecil Sharp.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Gompers ranks 5,802 out of 8,785. Before him are Stigand (null), Guy Pratt (1962), Dani Filth (1973), Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark (1986), Jemma Redgrave (1965), and Mackenzie Crook (1971). After him are Lysette Anthony (1963), Æthelberht II of East Anglia (800), Perry McCarthy (1961), Tony Ashton (1946), Nigel Hitchin (1946), and Lynn Davies (1942).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Samuel Gompers ranks 44. Before him are Grey Owl (1888), Octavia Hill (1838), James Larkin (1876), Ingrid Newkirk (1949), Charlotte Despard (1844), and Harry Hay (1912). After him are Flora Drummond (1878), Arthur Scargill (1938), Anna Howard Shaw (1847), Anthony Dod Mantle (1955), Polly Higgins (1968), and Anjem Choudary (1967).

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