George Woodcock
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 44 years ago |
| Date of birth | October 20,1904 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Bamber Bridge |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | October 30,1979 |
| Died | Epsom |
| United Kingdom | |
| Job | Poet |
| Essayist | |
| Education | Ruskin College |
| Awards | Governor General's Literary Award for English-language non-fiction |
| Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada | |
| Books | Anarchism |
| The Anarchist Reader | |
| The Crystal Spirit: A Study of George Orwell | |
| The Crystal Spirit | |
| Previous position | General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress of UK (1960–1969) |
| General secretari | Sir Vincent Tewson |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1309157 |
George Woodcock Life story
George Woodcock, CBE was a British trade unionist and general secretary of the Trades Union Congress from 1960 to 1969. Born and brought up in Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, he started work at age 12 in the local cotton mill. He became, in 1924, an official of the Bamber Bridge and District Weavers' Union.
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