Henry Pelling
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Henry Mathison Pelling was a British
historian best known for his works on the history of the British Labour Party, including:
He was also a pioneer of the serious study of twentieth-century electoral and party politics, and wrote such other works as:
His papers are lodged with St John's College
Cambridge.
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historian best known for his works on the history of the British Labour Party, including:
- The Origins of the Labour Party (1954) and
- A Short History of the Labour Party (1993).
He was also a pioneer of the serious study of twentieth-century electoral and party politics, and wrote such other works as:
- Modern Britain
- Social Geography of British Elections: 1885-1910
- Winston Churchill
- Britain and the Marshall Plan
- A history of British trade unionism
- America and the British left: from Bright to Bevan
- The British Communist Party: a historical profile
- The 1945 General Election Reconsidered
- Popular Politics and Society in Late Victorian Britain
- Britain and the Second World War
His papers are lodged with St John's College
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's alumni include nine Nobel Prize winners, six Prime Ministers, three archbishops, at least two princes, and three Saints....
Cambridge.