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Archibald Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway (* 1. November 1888 in Kalkutta; † 28. April 1988 in Watford, Hertfordshire) war ein britischer Journalist, Publizist, Politiker der Independent Labour Party (ILP) sowie der Labour Party, der mit Unterbrechungen sechzehn Jahre lang Abgeordneter des House of Commons war und 1964 als Life ...
Archibald Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway (1 November 1888 – 28 April 1988) was a British socialist politician, humanist campaigner and anti-war activist. Early life and career. Brockway was born to Rev. William George Brockway and Frances Elizabeth Abbey in Calcutta, British India. [1] .
7. Mai 2024 · Fenner Brockway (born November 1, 1888, Calcutta [now Kolkata], India—died April 28, 1988, Watford, Hertfordshire, England) was a British politician and passionate socialist who devoted his life to such prominent 20th-century causes as world peace, anticolonialism, and nuclear disarmament.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
(1888-1988), Politician and campaigner. Sitter in 8 portraits. Born in Calcutta, Fenner Brockway was the son of a missionary. He became a journalist and by 1912 was editor of the Independent Labour Party (ILP) newspaper, the Labour Leader. He became a militant pacifist and a prominent opponent of conscription.
Archibald Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway (* 1. November 1888 i n Kalkutta; † 28.
Influence. (Archibald) Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway, 1959 by Bassano Ltd. © National Portrait Gallery, London. As a humanist, Brockway’s entire life’s work was inspired by his belief in equality, in the innate dignity of every man, woman, child and animal, and in his awareness and acceptance of both his and mankind’s place in the universe.
In 1928 he was the first chairman of the League Against Imperialism. He joined the India League in 1929 and served on the Executive Commitee in the early 1930s. Fenner Brockway supported Krishna Menon in his argument that the League should campaign for India’s independence rather than Dominion status.
