James Harold Wilson

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Jesus_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Harold_Wilson
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour
gptkb:Order_of_the_Garter
gptkbp:birthDate 1916-03-11
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Huddersfield
gptkbp:causeOfDeath colon cancer
gptkbp:children gptkb:Giles_Wilson
gptkb:Robin_Wilson
gptkbp:deathDate 1995-05-24
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:James_Harold_Wilson
gptkbp:honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label James Harold Wilson
gptkbp:memberOfParliamentFor gptkb:Huyton
gptkbp:monarchDuringTerm gptkb:Elizabeth_II
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor leading the Labour Party to four general election victories
establishing the Open University
abolishing capital punishment in the UK
abolishing theatre censorship
decriminalising homosexuality in England and Wales
introducing Race Relations Acts
keeping the UK out of the Vietnam War
reforming abortion law in the UK
reforming divorce law in the UK
social and economic reforms in the 1960s and 1970s
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Governance_of_Britain
gptkbp:occupation politician
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Alec_Douglas-Home
gptkb:Edward_Heath
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Methodism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:St_Mary's_Old_Church,_St_Mary's,_Isles_of_Scilly
gptkbp:signature Harold Wilson signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Wilson
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Edward_Heath
James Callaghan
gptkbp:termEnd 1983
1970-06-19
1976-04-05
gptkbp:termStart 1950
1964-10-16
1974-03-04
gptkbp:title gptkb:Baron_Wilson_of_Rievaulx
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Harold_Wilson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4