Harry Pollitt

Harry Pollitt (born Nov. 22, 1890, Droylsden, Lancashire, Eng.—died June 27, 1960, at sea en route from Australia to England) was a British Communist, general secretary (1929–39, 1941–56) and chairman (1956–60) of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). Pollitt’s father was a factory worker and trade unionist and his mother a weaver. At age 13 (1903) he left school to work in the local textile mill and eventually became a boilermaker and a leader...