About Samuel Viant
Lived 1882 – 1964 (aged 82). Samuel Viant was a British politician and trade unionist.
Samuel Phillip Viant (5 January 1882 – 19 May 1964) was a British Labour Party politician.
Born in Plymouth, and educated at Devonport Higher Grade School, Viant worked as a carpenter and moved to London. There, he became active in the abstinence movement and also in the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners and the Independent Labour Party.
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Who was Samuel Viant?
British politician (1882-1964)
When was Samuel Viant born?
Samuel Viant was born on 5 January 1882.
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Samuel Viant died on 19 May 1964.
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Samuel Viant was a politician and trade unionist.
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Samuel Viant was British.
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