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John Bright (16 November 1811 – 27 March 1889) was a British Radical and Liberal statesman, one of the greatest orators of his generation and a promoter of free trade policies. A Quaker, Bright is most famous for battling the Corn Laws.
23. März 2024 · John Bright was a British reform politician and orator active in the early Victorian campaigns for free trade and lower grain prices. He was a co-founder of the Anti-Corn Law League, as well as campaigns for parliamentary reform. Bright was the eldest surviving son of Jacob Bright, a self-made.
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John Bright (* 16. November 1811 in Rochdale, Lancashire; † 27. März 1889 ebenda) war ein britischer Politiker und der wichtigste Verbündete Richard Cobdens und ein führendes Mitglied der Anti-Corn-Law-League. Er war ein Vertreter der Radikalen .
A biography of John Bright, a Victorian moralist and Liberal politician who led the campaign against the Corn Laws and advocated free trade, peace and parliamentary reform. Learn about his life, career, achievements and legacy in this article by Elizabeth Flanagan Prueher and Cheryl Schondhardt-Bailey.
John Bright, (born Nov. 16, 1811, Rochdale, Lancashire, Eng.—died March 27, 1889, Rochdale), British reform politician and orator. He entered Parliament in 1843 and served three times as a member of William E. Gladstone ’s cabinet. He was active in campaigns for free trade, lower grain prices, and parliamentary reform.
28. Juni 2017 · During his own lifetime John Bright (1811-1889) assumed an iconic status in the history both of Quakerism and of middle-class radical politics as “the Tribune of the people.”. Yet he remains an anomalous figure, difficult to place in the frameworks that presently organize the historiography of modern Quakerism, and of reform politics in the ...
23. Mai 2018 · John Bright was a leading figure in 19th-century British radicalism and a prominent supporter of the North during the American Civil War. He was a prominent orator, a reformer, and a politician who opposed the Crimean War and the extension of the franchise. He served as president of the Board of Trade and chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster under Gladstone.
