Pritt, D. N. (Denis Nowell), 1887-1972

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Dates:
Birth 1887-09-22
Death 1972-05-23

Biographical notes:

Denis Noel Pritt, 1887-1972, was educated at Winchester, London University, Germany, Switzerland and Spain. He obtained an LLB from London University and was called to the Bar, Middle Temple, in 1909, he retired from practice in 1960. He was a Labour MP for Hammersmith North from 1935-1950, despite being expelled from the Labour Party in 1940. He was also Professor of Law at the University of Ghana, 1965-1966, chairman of the Howard League for Penal Reform and chairman of the Bentham Committee for Poor Litigants. In addition his interest in peace led him to become president of the British Peace Committee and a member of the World Peace Council. He was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in 1954.

From the guide to the PRITT, Denis Nowell, 1887-1972, MP, lawyer and author, 1938-1972, (British Library of Political and Economic Science)

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Subjects:

  • Collectivism
  • Communism
  • Political doctrines

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  • Korea East Asia (as recorded)
  • Spain (as recorded)
  • Romania Eastern Europe (as recorded)
  • Bulgaria Eastern Europe (as recorded)
  • Tanzania UR East Africa (as recorded)
  • Germany (as recorded)
  • Ghana West Africa Africa (as recorded)
  • Hungary Eastern Europe (as recorded)
  • Kenya East Africa (as recorded)
  • Viet Nam South East Asia (as recorded)
  • USA North America (as recorded)
  • Canada North America (as recorded)
  • China East Asia (as recorded)
  • USSR Eastern Europe (as recorded)