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John Bright (16 November 1811 – 27 March 1889) was a British Radical and Liberal statesman, one of the greatest orators of his generation and a promoter of free trade policies. A Quaker, Bright is most famous for battling the Corn Laws.
John Bright (1908–1995) was an American biblical scholar and the author of several books, including the influential A History of Israel (1959), currently in its fourth edition (2000).
John Bright (born Nov. 16, 1811, Rochdale, Lancashire, Eng.—died March 27, 1889, Rochdale) was a British reform politician and orator active in the early Victorian campaigns for free trade and lower grain prices. He was a co-founder of the Anti-Corn Law League, as well as campaigns for parliamentary reform.
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John Bright, (born Nov. 16, 1811, Rochdale, Lancashire, Eng.—died March 27, 1889, Rochdale), British reform politician and orator. He entered Parliament in 1843 and served three times as a member of William E. Gladstone ’s cabinet. He was active in campaigns for free trade, lower grain prices, and parliamentary reform.
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John Bright’s New Revision of A History of Israel. By Norman K. Gottwald. The following review of the new third edition of John Bright’s A History of Israel was written by Professor Norman K. Gottwald of New York Theological Seminary. Bright’s History has been a dominant influence in Biblical scholarship for more than 20 years, and ...
A biography of John Bright, a Victorian moralist and Liberal politician who led the campaign against the Corn Laws and advocated free trade, peace and parliamentary reform. Learn about his life, career, achievements and legacy in this article by Elizabeth Flanagan Prueher and Cheryl Schondhardt-Bailey.
John Bright (November 16, 1811) by Peter Mentzel. This month’s featured birthday anniversary is the British activist and politician John Bright. He was born into a Quaker family in Rochdale, Lancashire to Jacob and Martha Wood Bright, their eldest surviving child in a family of eleven children.
