| LC control no. | n 50020590 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hardie, James Keir, 1856-1915 |
| Variant(s) | Hardie, Keir, 1856-1915 Hardie, J. Keir (James Keir), 1856-1915 |
| Associated country | Great Britain Scotland |
| Associated place | West Ham (London, England) |
| Birth date | 1856-08-15 |
| Death date | 1915-09-26 |
| Place of birth | Lanarkshire (Scotland) |
| Place of death | Glasgow (Scotland) |
| Affiliation | Labour Party (Great Britain) |
| Profession or occupation | Politicians Miners Labor union members |
| Found in | Morgan, K. O. Labour people, 1992: cip t.p. (Hardie) galley (Keir Hardie) Wikipedia, 26 March 2020 (Keir Hardie; James Keir Hardie (15 August 1856-26 September 1915) was a Scottish trade unionist and politician; founder of the Labour Party, and served as its first parliamentary leader from 1906 to 1908; worked in the mines and became a trade union leader; on 25 August 1888 the Scottish Labour Party (a different party from the 1994-created Scottish Labour Party) was founded, with Hardie becoming the party's first secretary; in 1892 became MP for West Ham South; in 1893, Hardie and others formed the Independent Labour Party; born in Newhouse, Lanarkshire; died in Glasgow) |
| Associated language | eng |
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