Alfred Clarence Dann (11 March 1893 – 16 January 1953) was a British trade union leader. Dann grew up in

Southwark Southwark ( ) is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark. The district, which is the oldest part of South London, developed ...

and attended the West Square High Grade School, before becoming a lawyer's clerk.Dann, Alfred Clarence
, '' Who Was Who'' He briefly served in the British Army during World War I, but was soon instead posted as an agricultural worker in East Anglia."Obituary: Alfred Dann", ''Annual Report of the 1953 Trades Union Congress'', p.288 Inspired by his experiences, he decided to devote his life to agricultural trade unionism and, in 1919, secured work as the head of the legal department of the

National Union of Agricultural Workers The National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers (NUAW) was a trade union in the United Kingdom which existed between 1906 and 1982. It represented farmworkers. History The union was established as the Eastern Counties Agricultural Labou ...

(NUAW). In 1928, Dann became chief of staff at the NUAW headquarters. He remained in the post until 1945, when he was elected as general secretary of the union. He was also elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress, and served on the Central Wages Board, and the executive of the International Land Workers' Federation. He died, still in office, early in 1953.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dann, Alf 1893 births 1953 deaths British Army personnel of World War I General Secretaries of the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress People from Southwark