Shirley Williams (British politician)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Shirley_Williams_(British_politician)

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gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Columbia_University gptkb:Somerville_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Companion_of_Honour gptkb:Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour
gptkbp:birthDate	1930-07-27
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Chelsea,_London,_England
gptkbp:child	gptkb:Rebecca_Williams
gptkbp:deathDate	2021-04-12
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:England
gptkbp:education	gptkb:St_Paul's_Girls'_School
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Shirley_Vivian_Teresa_Brittain_Williams
gptkbp:honorificPrefix	gptkb:Baronet PC The Right Honourable
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Shirley Williams (British politician)
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Social_Democratic_Party_(UK) gptkb:Labour_Party_(UK) gptkb:Liberal_Democrats_(UK)
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:notableFor	advocacy for comprehensive education one of the 'Gang of Four' who founded the SDP work on European integration
gptkbp:notablePublication	gptkb:Climbing_the_Bookshelves gptkb:God_and_Caesar gptkb:Politics_Is_for_People
gptkbp:notableStudent	gptkb:Isaiah_Berlin
gptkbp:notableWork	co-founder of the Social Democratic Party (UK)
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:academic author politician
gptkbp:parent	gptkb:Sir_George_Catlin gptkb:Vera_Brittain
gptkbp:parliamentaryService	Life peer in House of Lords (from 1993) Member of Parliament for Hitchin (1964–1974) Member of Parliament for Hertford and Stevenage (1974–1979)
gptkbp:position_held	Minister for Prices and Consumer Protection (1974–1976) Minister of State for Education and Science (1967–1969) Minister of State for Home Affairs (1969–1970) Secretary of State for Education and Science (1976–1979)
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:signature	Shirley Williams signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Bernard_Williams gptkb:Richard_Neustadt
gptkbp:title	gptkb:Baroness_Williams_of_Crosby
gptkbp:universityPosition	Professor at Harvard Kennedy School Public Service Professor of Electoral Politics at Harvard University
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