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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Samuel Gompers

1850 - 1924

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Samuel Gompers (né Gumpertz; January 27, 1850 – December 13, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Gompers has received more than 924,249 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Gompers is the 550th most popular social activist, the 5,246th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 40th most popular British Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Samuel Gompers ranks 550 out of 538. Before him are Maggie Gobran, Lucy Burns, Mary McLeod Bethune, Faiza Jama Mohamed, Hadja Saran Daraba Kaba, and Asma Jahangir. After him are Lydia Cacho, Arthur Scargill, Ashin Wirathu, Emily Murphy, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Felix Nartey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Samuel Gompers ranks 102. Before him are John Munro Longyear, Daniel Chester French, Robert Ridgway, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, Henry Cabot Lodge, and Constantin Henriquez. After him is Lawrence Hargrave. Among people deceased in 1924, Samuel Gompers ranks 119. Before him are Stan Rowley, Archibald Geikie, Henry Cabot Lodge, Wollert Konow, Edwin Montagu, and Louise Rayner. After him are Sabine Baring-Gould and William Robert Ogilvie-Grant.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Gompers ranks 5,246 out of 7,765. Before him are Jason Hughes (1971), Rhodri Morgan (1939), Derek Kevan (1935), Anna Chancellor (1965), Martyn Poliakoff (1947), and Anne-Marie (1991). After him are Siobhan Finneran (1966), Tony Curran (1969), Fiona May (1969), Dynamo (1982), William Spottiswoode (1825), and Phil Davis (1953).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Samuel Gompers ranks 40. Before him are Emily Hobhouse (1860), Thomas Clarkson (1760), James Larkin (1876), Emily Davies (1830), Harry Hay (1912), and Ingrid Newkirk (1949). After him are Arthur Scargill (1938), Charlotte Despard (1844), Anna Howard Shaw (1847), Anthony Dod Mantle (1955), and Anjem Choudary (1967).

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