William Lovett

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William Lovett was a leading 19th-century British radical and social reformer who became one of the principal architects and advocates of the Chartist movement for democratic political rights.


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instanceOf British political activist
Chartist leader
person
radical politician
social reformer
activeIn 19th-century British politics
advocated abolition of property qualifications for MPs
annual parliaments
equal electoral districts
payment of Members of Parliament
peaceful political reform
universal male suffrage
vote by secret ballot
working-class education
birthDate 1800-05-08
birthPlace Cornwall NERFINISHED
England
Newlyn NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath natural causes
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1877-08-08
influenced British labour movement
later democratic reform campaigns
knownFor advocacy of peaceful, moral-force Chartism
co-authoring the People’s Charter of 1838
leadership in the London Working Men’s Association
memberOf London Working Men’s Association NERFINISHED
movement British radicalism
Chartism NERFINISHED
working-class movement
name William Lovett NERFINISHED
nationality British
notableWork Chartism, a New Organisation of the People NERFINISHED
Life and Struggles of William Lovett NERFINISHED
The People’s Charter NERFINISHED
occupation cabinetmaker
political activist
trade unionist
writer
opposed use of violence in Chartist agitation
politicalIdeology Chartism NERFINISHED
liberalism
radicalism
positionHeld secretary of the London Working Men’s Association
religion secularist sympathies
wrote Chartism, a New Organisation of the People
Life and Struggles of William Lovett NERFINISHED

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Chartism notableLeader William Lovett