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British politician (1888–1988)

Archibald Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway (1 November 1888 – 28 April 1988) was a British socialist politician, humanist campaigner and anti-war activist.

Fenner brockway autobiography of missouri

Early life and career

Brockway was born to Rev. William George Brockway and Frances Elizabeth Abbey in Calcutta, British India.^[1] He developed an interest in politics while attending the School for the Sons of Missionaries, then in Blackheath, London (now Eltham College), from 1897 to 1905.

In 1908, Brockway became a vegetarian.^[2] Several decades later, during a debate in a House of Lords on animal cruelty, he said: "I am a vegetarian and I have been so for 70 years. On the whole, I think, physically I am a pretty good advertisement for that practice."^[3]

After leaving school, he worked as a journalist for newspapers and journals including The Quiver, the Daily News and the Christian Commonwealth.

In 1907, Brockway joined the Independe