Frederick Rogers (bookbinder)
Frederick Rogers (27 April 1846 – 16 November 1915) was an English bookbinder, trades unionist, writer and journalist. He is notable as first chairman of the Labour Representation Committee, the organisation to which the Labour Party traces its origins, as well as for a lifetime of work dedicated to educational improvement for the working class, and to the introduction of a general tax-funded system of old-age pensions.
Frederick Rogers | |
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Portrait of Frederick Rogers by Ernest Stafford Carlos | |
| Chairman of the Labour Representation Committee | |
| In office 1900–1901 | |
| Preceded by | New position |
| Succeeded by | Allen Gee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 April 1846 Whitechapel, London, England |
| Died | 1915 |
| Occupation | Bookbinder, trade unionist, writer, journalist |
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