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Denis Nowell Pritt (22 September 1887 – 23 May 1972) was a British barrister and Labour Party politician. Born in Harlesden, Middlesex, he was educated at Winchester College and London University. A member of the Labour Party from 1918, he was a defender of the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin. In 1932, as part of G. D. H. Cole's New Fabian Research Bureau's 'expert commission of enquiry', he visited the Soviet Union, and according to Margaret Cole "the eminent KC swallowed it ''all''".〔Contemporary letter to G. D. H. Cole cited in Kevin Morgan, ''The Webbs and Soviet Communism'', London: Lawrence & Wishart, 2006, pg. 77〕 Pritt was expelled from the Labour Party in 1940, following his support of the Soviet invasion of Finland. Pritt was chararcterised by George Orwell as "perhaps the most effective pro-Soviet publicist in this country".〔Kevin Morgan, "Pritt, Denis Nowell (1887–1972)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2007.〕 ==Early life== Denis Nowell Pritt was born 22 September 1887 in London, the son of a metal merchant.〔Colin Holmes, "Denis Nowell Pritt," in A. Thomas Lane (ed.), ''Biographical Dictionary of European Labor Leaders: Volume 2: M-Z.'' Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995; pp. 779-780.〕 Pritt was educated at Winchester College, which he left after four years so as to relocate to Geneva in order to learn French, with a view to joining his father's company.〔 Following his time in Switzerland, Pritt moved again to expand his linguistic knowledge, working in a bank in A Coruña, Spain, and mastering his knowledge of Spanish.〔 Pritt also added German to his repertoire of languages in subsequent years.〔 Pritt began to study law in 1909, obtaining a law degree from London University in 1910.〔 He began his legal practice as a specialist in workmen's compensation cases.〔 He married in July 1914, on the eve of World War I.〔 During the war he joined the postal censorship department in the British War Office.〔 Following the war, Pritt returned to legal practice as a successful attorney working in the field of commercial law.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Denis Pritt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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