Shirley Williams

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British politician academic human life peer

Shirley Williams was a prominent British politician and academic, known as a leading Labour and later Social Democratic Party figure and a key advocate for comprehensive education reform.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British politician → academic → human → life peer →
birthDate	1930-07-27 →
birthPlace	Chelsea, London, England →
causeOfDeath	natural causes →
coFounded	Social Democratic Party (UK) →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathDate	2021-04-11 →
educatedAt	Columbia University → Somerville College, Oxford NERFINISHED → St Paul’s Girls’ School →
employer	Harvard University → John F. Kennedy School of Government →
familyName	Williams →
father	George Catlin →
fullName	Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams →
givenName	Shirley →
honorificPrefix	The Right Honourable →
memberOf	House of Commons of the United Kingdom → House of Lords of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Labour Party (UK) → Liberal Democrats (UK) → Social Democratic Party (UK) →
mother	Vera Brittain →
notableFor	advocacy of comprehensive education in the United Kingdom → co-founding the Social Democratic Party (UK) →
notableWork	A Job to Live → Climbing the Bookshelves → God and Caesar → Politics Is for People →
occupation	academic → author → politician → university teacher →
positionHeld	Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords → Member of Parliament for Hertford and Stevenage → Member of Parliament for Hitchin → Minister of State for Education and Science of the United Kingdom → Paymaster General → Secretary of State for Education and Science of the United Kingdom → Shadow Home Secretary →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
spouse	Bernard Williams → Richard Neustadt →
title	Baroness Williams of Crosby →
workLocation	Cambridge, Massachusetts → London →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Somerville College, Oxford →	educated
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1981) →	foundedBy
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1981) →	hadProminentMember
Somerville College, Oxford →	hasAlumnus
Williams →	hasNotableBearer
Secretary of State for Education and Science →	officeHeldBy
Bernard Williams →	spouse