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Scottish Methodists: Scottish Salvationists, Arthur Henderson, George Scott Railton, Robert Wedderburn, William Davidson, John Gowans

Scottish Methodists: Scottish Salvationists, Arthur Henderson, George Scott Railton, Robert Wedderburn, William Davidson, John Gowans


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Scottish Salvationists, Arthur Henderson, George Scott Railton, Robert Wedderburn, William Davidson, John Gowans, Frederick Coutts. Excerpt: Arthur Henderson (13 September 1863 20 October 1935) was a British Labour politician, who was the 1934 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; he served three short terms as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1908-10, 1914-17 and 1931-32. Arthur Henderson was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1863, the son of a textile worker who died when Arthur was only 10 years old. After his father's death, the Hendersons moved to Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England. Henderson worked in a locomotive factory from the age of 12. After finishing his apprenticeship at seventeen, Arthur Henderson moved to Southampton for a year and then returned to work as an iron moulder (a type of foundryman) in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He converted to Methodism (having previously been a Congregationalist) in 1879. This had a major impact on Henderson and he became a Lay preacher. In 1884, Henderson lost his job, and concentrated on his education, and preaching commitments. However by 1892, Henderson had entered the complex world of Trade Union politics, when he was elected as a paid organiser for the Iron Founders Union, and was also a representative on the North East Conciliation Board. Henderson believed that strikes caused more harm than they were worth, and tried to avoid them whenever he could. For this reason he opposed the formation of the General Federation of Trade Unions, as he was convinced it would lead to more strikes. In 1900, Henderson was one of the 129 trade union and socialist delegates, who passed Keir Hardie's motion to create the Labour Representation Committee (LRe, and in 1903, Henderson was elected treasurer of the L... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=309468


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157936213
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 36
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 68 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157936210
  • Publisher Date: 11 Jun 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Scottish Salvationists, Arthur Henderson, George Scott Railton, Robert Wedderburn, William Davidson, John Gowans
  • Width: 229 mm


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