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Powell, (John) Enoch
Powell, (John) Enoch (b. 16 June 1912, d. 8 Feb 1998). British politician Born in Birmingham, he was educated there and at Cambridge. In 1937 he became professor of Greek at Sydney University, Australia. In 1939, he enlisted in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, but was soon involved in intelligence work, first in Egypt, then Cairo. After the war, he entered the research department of the Conservative Party, and was subsequently elected to Parliament for Wolverhampton South in 1950. He worked in the Ministry of Housing under Eden, whom he ardently supported in the Suez Crisis. As Financial Secretary to the Treasury under Macmillan, he resigned in 1959 over government refusals to cut public expenditure. He was Minister of Health in 1960–3. During the Heath government he gained a following through his populist and xenophobic attacks on immigration, his opposition to British membership of the EEC, and his concern for Northern Ireland. He became an obstinate voice of Ulster as representative of the Ulster Unionist Party, 1974–87. One of the most inspiring and intelligent of British postwar politicians, his career was hindered by his inability to conform to the view of others, and by his preference for being critical, rather than constructive.
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JAN PALMOWSKI. "Powell, (John) Enoch." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAN PALMOWSKI. "Powell, (John) Enoch." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-PowellJohnEnoch.html JAN PALMOWSKI. "Powell, (John) Enoch." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-PowellJohnEnoch.html |
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Powell, J. Enoch
Powell, J. Enoch (1912–98). The key to what might appear Powell's maverick political career was belief in Britain. Educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, he began as a classicist, was a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and then professor of Greek at Sydney. During the war he rose to brigadier. Elected to Parliament in 1950, he was a keen advocate of monetarism and resigned as financial secretary to the Treasury in the Macmillan government in 1957, though returning as minister of health in 1960. He declined to serve under Home in 1963 and never held office again. His outspoken hostility to coloured immigration led Heath to sack him from the shadow cabinet in 1968, though his proposals for repatriation had considerable popular support. He was at odds with his party once more over Europe, bitterly denouncing the loss of British sovereignty, and he retired in February 1974 advising his supporters to vote Labour. Miraculously reborn as an Ulster Unionist in October 1974, he won the Down South seat and held it until 1987, tenaciously defending Ulster's position against encroachment and concession. Like many intellectuals, his logic guided him into passionate and uncompromising positions.
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JOHN CANNON. "Powell, J. Enoch." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Powell, J. Enoch." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-PowellJEnoch.html JOHN CANNON. "Powell, J. Enoch." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-PowellJEnoch.html |
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Powell, J. Enoch
Powell, J. Enoch (1912–98). Educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, Powell began as a classicist, was a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and then professor of Greek at Sydney. During the war he rose to brigadier. Elected to Parliament in 1950, he was a keen advocate of monetarism and resigned as financial secretary to the Treasury in the Macmillan government in 1957, though returning as minister of health in 1960. He declined to serve under Home in 1963 and never held office again. His outspoken hostility to coloured immigration led Heath to sack him from the shadow cabinet in 1968. He was at odds with his party once more over Europe, bitterly denouncing the loss of British sovereignty, and he retired in February 1974 advising his supporters to vote Labour. Miraculously reborn as an Ulster Unionist in October 1974, he won the Down South seat and held it until 1987, tenaciously defending Ulster's position against encroachment.
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JOHN CANNON. "Powell, J. Enoch." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Powell, J. Enoch." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-PowellJEnoch.html JOHN CANNON. "Powell, J. Enoch." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-PowellJEnoch.html |
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Enoch Powell
Enoch Powell 1912–98, British politician. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was a fellow there (1934–38) and professor of Greek at the Univ. of Sydney, Australia (1937–39). He entered Parliament in 1950 as a Conservative from Wolverhampton and served as minister of health (1960–63). With the Conservative defeat in 1964, he became shadow minister of defense, but was dismissed (1968) when he stirred controversy by calling for an end to nonwhite immigration into Britain. He was the leading Conservative opponent to Britain's entry into the European Community and declined to seek reelection in Feb., 1974. He returned to Parliament as an Ulster Unionist from a Northern Ireland constituency in 1974 and held his seat until 1987. He strongly supported the province's continued separation from the Irish Republic. |
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"Enoch Powell." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Enoch Powell." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Powell-E.html "Enoch Powell." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Powell-E.html |
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Powell, (John) Enoch
Powell, (John) Enoch (1912–98) British politician. He entered Parliament as a Conservative in 1950, and was minister of health (1960–63). Douglas-Home dismissed Powell from the cabinet after his ‘rivers of blood’ speech (1968) against further UK immigration. He also opposed Britain's entry into the European Economic Community (EEC) and resigned (1974) from the Conservative Party over the issue. Powell later served as an Ulster Unionist MP (1974–89).
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"Powell, (John) Enoch." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Powell, (John) Enoch." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-PowellJohnEnoch.html "Powell, (John) Enoch." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-PowellJohnEnoch.html |
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