Sam Mainwaring

Deceased Person

1841 – 1907

27

Who was Sam Mainwaring?

Samuel "Sam" Mainwaring was a Welsh machinist and socialist political activist who was a founding member and key leader of the Socialist League, one of the first Marxist political parties in Britain. In his later years he turned from Marxist socialism to the libertarian socialist doctrine of Anarchist Communism. He is best remembered as the father of the term "anarcho-syndicalism".

We need you!

Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!

Born
Dec 15, 1841
Neath
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Died
Sep 29, 1907

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

Citation

Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"Sam Mainwaring." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 20 May 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/sam_mainwaring>.

Discuss this Sam Mainwaring biography with the community:

0 Comments

    Browse Biographies.net