Burnett, John

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0096 MS 460
Held at	: Senate House Library, University of London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections ›
Full title	: Burnett, John
Date(s)	: 1892
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 volume
Name of creator(s)	: Burnett | John | 1842-1914 | trade union leader and civil servant
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Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Burnett was born in Alnwick, Northumberland, in 1842. He was orphaned at the age of twelve, he went to live with an uncle on Tyneside, where he became an engineering apprentice and attended evening classes. He was prominent in the Newcastle Mechanics' Institute. He became a trade union leader, eventually becoming general secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers in 1875. He became labour correspondent at the Board of Trade in 1886, and continued to work for the Board until his retirement in 1906.

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Two items c 1892, by John Burnett of the Board of Trade concerning the reduction of wages and strikes in the mining, shipbuilding, metal and textile trades.

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2000-02-16 Joseph Gelfer