1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ARCH, JOSEPH (1826- ), English politician, founder of the National Agricultural Labourers' Union, was born at Barford, a village in Warwickshire, on the loth of November 1826. His parents belonged to the labouring class. He inherited a strong sentiment of independence from his mother; and his objections to the social homage expected by those whom the catechism boldly styled his " betters " made him an " agitator." Having educated himself by unremitting exertions, and acquired fluency of speech as a Methodist local …
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