Dick Taverne, Baron Taverne was born in 1928. Educated at Charterhouse School, and then Balliol College, Oxford he graduated in law and became a QC. 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Charterhouse School is a British public school, located in Godalming in the county of Surrey. ... Full name Balliol College Motto - Named after John de Balliol Previous names - Established 1263 Sister College St Johns College, Cambridge Master Andrew Graham (academic) Location Broad Street Undergraduates 403 Graduates 228 Homepage Boatclub Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... Queens Counsel (postnominal QC), during the reign of a male Sovereign known as Kings Counsel (KC), are barristers or, in Scotland, advocates appointed by Letters patent to be one of Her Majestys Counsel learned in the law. They do not constitute a separate order or degree of...

In 1962 he was elected Labour Member of Parliament for Lincoln, serving in government under Harold Wilson. In 1972 he was asked to stand down by the Lincoln Constituency Labour Party, who disagreed with his pro-European Economic Community views. He resigned from the Labour Party and parliament and established the Lincoln Democratic Labour Association for his supporters. 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Lincoln is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the British politician. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... The European Community (EC), most important of three European Communities, was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. ... The debating chamber or hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels. ... Democratic Labour was a minor political party operating in the United Kingdom in the 1970s. ...

He was a leading social democratic thinker, writing The Future of the Left - Lincoln and After in 1972, and his political manouverings in the 1970s foreshadowed those of the SDP in the 1980s. This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...

He resigned from parliament to force a by-election in March, 1973, in which he won the Lincoln seat as a Democratic Labour candidate. Later that year he established the short-lived Campaign for Social Democracy that folded in 1974. It was an attempt to forge a new social democratic political force in the UK, but met with no success. Taverne lost his seat in parliament at the October 1974 general election, but he continued to remain active with the Democratic Labour Association until it folded after the 1979 general election. March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Campaign for Social Democracy was a minor political party operating in the United Kingdom in the 1970s. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ... The UK general election of October 1974 took place on October 10, 1974. ... The UK general election, 1979 was held on May 3, 1979 and is regarded as a pivotal point in 20th century British politics. ...

In 1979, bankrolled by his friend David Sainsbury's Gatsby Foundation, he founded the Institute for Fiscal Studies, now an influential independent think tank. 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... David John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville (born 24 October 1940) is a British businessman, politician, and life peer for the Labour Party. ... The Institute for Fiscal Studies is a UK research institute. ...

When the Social Democratic Party (SDP) formed in the early 1980s he joined them, serving on their national committee from 1981 until 1987. He was also twice a parliamentary candidate for the SDP. When the SDP merged with the Liberals he joined the new Liberal Democrat party, serving on its Federal Policy Committee from 1989 until 1990. The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was a United Kingdom political party that existed as a national party between 1981 and 1990. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1996 he was created a life peer and sits in the House of Lords. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ...

Classically trained but married to a scientist, he became interested in science as part of public policy and in 2002 founded Sense About Science, a group with the objective of advancing science education and promote public understanding of scientific research. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He was elected President of the Research Defence Society in 2004. He was a member of the House of Lords Committee on the Use of Animals in Scientific Procedures and is currently a member of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee. He is the author of The March of Unreason – science, democracy and the new fundamentalism, published by Oxford University Press in March, 2005. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Oxford University Press (OUP) is a highly-respected publishing house and a department of the University of Oxford in England. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...