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Peter Francis Curran
Peter Francis Curran (28 March 1860 – 14 February 1910) was a British trade unionist and politician. Born Patrick Francis Curran in Glasgow, to a Catholic family of Irish origin, Curran became known as "Pete" at an early age. He left school at the age of eleven, training as a blacksmith and working at a steel plant.''The Reformers' Year Book: 1908'', p.231Curran, Peter Francis
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Always interested in politics, he joined the , but was impressed by



Pete Curran
Peter Francis Curran (28 March 1860 – 14 February 1910) was a British people, British trade unionist and politician. Born Patrick Francis Curran in Glasgow, to a Catholic family of Irish people, Irish origin, Curran became known as "Pete" at an early age. He left school at the age of eleven, training as a blacksmith and working at a steel plant.''The Reformers' Year Book: 1908'', p.231Curran, Peter Francis
, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''
Always interested in politics, he joined the Irish Land League, but was impressed by Henry George's speeches, and transferred to the Scottish Land Restoration League in 1880. He married in 1881, and around this time also joined the Social Democratic Federation (SDF). Late in the 1880s, Curran moved to London to work at the Royal Arsenal. ...
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