Gladstone

Gladstone
Gladstone (izg. glèdstoūn), William Ewart (1809—1898)
DEFINICIJA
jedan od najistaknutijih britanskih državnika 19. st; vođa Liberalne stranke (od 1865), ministar u nekoliko vlada, četiri puta premijer (1868—1874, 1880—1885, 1880. i 1892—1894); zagovarao i proveo liberalne reforme (tajnost glasanja na izborima, priznanje službenog statusa sindikatima), vodio pacifističku vanjsku politiku i podržavao nacionalno-oslobodilačke pokrete (u Italiji, na Balkanu i dr.); pisao studije o Homeru, prevodio Horacija

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