Arthur Horner (trade unionist)

For other people named Arthur Horner, see Arthur Horner (disambiguation).

Arthur Horner
Born
Arthur Lewis Horner

(1894-04-05)5 April 1894
Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan, Wales
Died4 September 1968(1968-09-04) (aged 74)
London, England
OccupationGeneral Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)
Political partyILP (until 1921)
CPGB

Arthur Lewis Horner (5 April 1894 – 4 September 1968) was a Welsh trade union leader and communist politician. During his periods of office as President of the South Wales Miners Federation (SWMF) from 1936, and as General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) from 1946, he became one of the most prominent and influential communists in British public life.[1]

  1. ^ Fishman 2010 Vol 1 p. 19